Envoy urges Filipinos in Myanmar to return home as Covid nears ‘catastrophic’ level


File photof of medical staff wearing a protective suit stands near an ambulance, amid the Covid-19 outbreak in Yangon, Myanmar. - Reuters

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): Filipinos in Myanmar have been urged to return to the Philippines amid the “nearing catastrophic” Covid-19 situation there due to the Delta variant, an envoy said Tuesday (July 20).

Philippine Ambassador to Myanmar Eduardo Kapunan Jr. said some 43 Filipinos have so far volunteered to be repatriated and are scheduled to return to the Philippines on Aug 5.

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