Repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers or OFWs wait for provincial buses in a terminal after being allowed to go home following weeks of quarantine amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Paranaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines May 26, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
MANILA (Reuters) - Hundreds of repatriated Filipino workers made their way to bus and airport terminals on Tuesday to return to families, the first among around 24,000 nationals stuck for weeks in the capital's quarantine facilities, hotels and aboard cruise ships.
Weary but happy, the returnees queued or dozed in bus stations and at Manila's airport, awaiting transport to home provinces. Many have lost jobs abroad as the coronavirus batters economies worldwide.
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