Coronavirus: Philippines allows thousands of OFWs trapped in quarantine limbo to go home

Up to 24,000 repatriated Filipino workers stuck in quarantine limbo in Manila will be allowed to return home after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said it was “unacceptable” that it was taking so long to process their release.Thousands are aboard cruise ships off Manila Bay or in hotels and crowded health facilities, some growing frustrated at having tested negative for the coronavirus and completed the mandated 14-day quarantine – with at least one taking their own life, according to…

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