Wuhan Repatriates Finish Quarantine Period in Good Health

TARLAC CITY 22 February 2020 — All 30 repatriates from Wuhan received a clean bill of health and were cleared by the Department of Health (DOH) to leave the New Clark City quarantine facility today.

The repatriates, joined by the 10-man Health Emergency Response Team (HERT) from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the DOH, six flight crew members, and three ground crew operators are all declared healthy and showed no signs and symptoms of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). The group, repatriated on February 9 from COVID-19 ground zero, was housed in the quarantine facility for 14 days.

The group is the first batch of repatriates brought back by the DFA from COVID-19-affected areas.

In the next few days, the DFA will be bringing back home over 400 Filipinos from the Diamond Princess Cruise ship that is docked in Yokohama, Japan. Other repatriation efforts will also be undertaken by the DFA in the coming weeks. END