Overseas Filipinos during the COVID-19 pandemic
[1] The official count from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on the cases of overseas Filipinos is not included in the national tally of the Philippine government.[3] The DFA provides information regarding the number of Filipino nationals abroad to have contracted COVID-19 and keeps an official tally of confirmed cases by region instead of by country.In the Asia Pacific region, outside the Diamond Princess, at least one Filipino case has been confirmed in Australia,[6] Bangladesh,[7] Brunei,[8] mainland China,[9] Japan,[10][11] South Korea,[12] Hong Kong,[13] Macau,[14] India,[8] Malaysia,[15] the Maldives,[16] Singapore,[17] Thailand,[18] Taiwan,[19] and Vietnam.[11] In the Middle East at least one Filipino case has been recorded in Egypt,[22] Israel,[23] Kuwait,[24] Lebanon,[25] Libya,[26] Oman,[27] Qatar,[28][29] Saudi Arabia,[30] and the United Arab Emirates.[31] One notable case in the region was that of Philippine ambassador to Lebanon, Bernardita Catalla, who died on April 2 in Beirut due to complications from COVID-19 and chronic respiratory problems.[30] The Philippine embassy in Riyadh's office of labor affairs announced on June 14 its temporarily closure after six of its staff tested positive for COVID-19.[36] In Europe, at least one Filipino case has been confirmed in France,[37] Germany,[38] Greece,[39] Ireland,[40] Norway,[41] Spain,[42][43] Switzerland,[44] and the United Kingdom.[41] In the United States, it was confirmed that six Filipinos aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship, which docked in Oakland, California for quarantine, had contracted the virus.
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