(SunStar) WHILE mandatory quarantine is no longer required for returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa) on Friday, February 4, 2022, said it expects some 10 percent to still need to stay in hotel facilities.
In a virtual press briefing, Owwa Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac said not all returning OFWs are expected to skip quarantine requirements.
“The guidelines only cater to the fully vaccinated. Those not fully vaccinated still need to be quarantined,” said Cacdac.
“By our estimates, there is around 10 percent of arrivals still needing to be billeted,” he added.
The Owwa chief cited as basis the number of OFWs that were discharged from quarantine by February 1, when the new guidelines took effect.
“There are some 1,500 OFWs still currently in quarantine facilities. This was a drastic reduction as compared to around 9,000 two weeks ago,” said Cacdac.
Given such decongestion of quarantine facilities, the labor official noted how it will benefit returning OFWs as they will have more time with their families… Read More
