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Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) may now return to Hong Kong and Macau after being exempted from the travel ban imposed by government, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
Brigido Dulay, DFA Undersecretary for Civilian Security and Consular Concern, said OFWs traveling to China’s Special Administrative Regions are exempted from Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases’ (IATF-EID) travel ban.
“OFWs returning for work in Hong Kong and Macau have been exempted from the outbound travel ban by the IATF-EID, subject to certain procedural formalities,” Dulay said.IATF previously banned visitors coming from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau which also prohibits Filipinos from traveling to the said countries due to the COVID-19 outbreak.