Published April 5, 2021, 4:54 PM
CEBU CITY – Returning Overseas Filipinos (ROFs) and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) can get free swab testing at the international arrival area of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA).
Spearheaded by the Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH Region 7), the project was officially launched last April 1 but the giving of free swab testing and RT-PCR testing to ROFs and returning residents at MCIA started last March 31.
“This move to test upon arrival and for free unburdens the OWWA (Overseas Workers Welfare Administration. It also (keeps them) from spending so much on their hotel stays,” said Loreche.
The DOH Region 7 project is in partnership with the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV) and “Project Balik Buhay.”
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File photo April 04, 2021 THE Department of Health (DOH) in Central Visayas, with the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (Opav) and Project Balik Buhay, officially launched the free swab testing to returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) at Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) international arrival area.
Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, DOH-Central Luzon chief pathologist and spokesperson, in a statement said the free swabbing and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing for all OFWs and returning resident arrivals on international flights at MCIA started on March 31, 2021.
She said this move to test for free upon arrival OFWs unburdens the Overseas Workers Welfare Association (Owwa) and also keeps them from spending too much on OFWs hotel stays.
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Australia supporting Papua New Guinea s COVID-19 response
Media release
17 Mar 2021
Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister for Women, Acting Minister for Defence, Minister for Health and Aged Care, Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for International Development and the Pacific
Australia is working with Papua New Guinea to support the Government’s response to a concerning spike in COVID-19 cases to help save lives and support our closest Pacific neighbour’s health system.
By helping Papua New Guinea, we are not only helping our Pacific family, we are keeping our nation and our people safe.
The Australian Government has agreed to a request for assistance and will partner with Papua New Guinea on a comprehensive support package to help it respond to the crisis.