PH Consulate General repatriates 203 Filipinos from Macau
Philippine Consul General to Macau Porfirio M. Mayo, Jr. (center) assist Filipinos during check-in at the Macau International Airport. (Macau PCG photo by V. Sy)
MACAU SAR 18 February 2022 – The Philippine Consulate General in Macau SAR successfully conducted its 27th repatriation on 16 February 2022 from Macau carrying 203 Filipinos back to the Philippines. With the flight, the Consulate has brought a total of 5,355 Filipinos back home since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020.
Philippine Consul General to Macau SAR, Porfirio M. Mayo, Jr., led the Consulate’s Team at the airport to assist passengers on the flight. He renewed the Consulate’s commitment to continue with its repatriation program until regular commercial flights to the Philippines resume. “Magpapatuloy po ang Repatriation Program ng Konsulado para sa lahat ng ating mga kababayan dito sa Macau,” assured Consul General Mayo.
Among those who joined the repatriation flight are three wheelchair-bound passengers who were recently hospitalized in Macau. All three were assisted by the Consulate during their hospitalization.
Following the adoption by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases or IATF of its Resolution No. 160-A on 03 February 2022, all fully vaccinated Filipino nationals arriving from abroad are no longer required to observe mandatory facility-based quarantine, subject to compliance with conditions set in the same IATF resolution. A person is deemed fully vaccinated if he or she has received the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at least 14 days prior to the date of departure from the port of origin.
Since March 2020, the Consulate has organized 27 repatriation flights that have brought home a total of 5,355 Filipinos in Macau negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Those intent on returning to the Philippines are requested to register their details at the Consulate’s online registry at https://tinyurl.com/repatMacau. END
OWWA Welfare Officer Zosima Maria Santos assisting one of the three wheelchair-bound passengers. (Macau PCG photo by R. Genotiva)
For more information, visit https://www.macaupcg.dfa.gov.ph or https://www.facebook.com/PHinMacau/.