Pregnant Filipinos and those with expiring visas from the United Arab Emirates will have the priority when the Department of Affairs starts repatriation of Filipinos workers from the emirates which is covered by a travel ban imposed by the Duterte administration in the effort to prevent the transmission of the deadly Delta variant.
DFA has prepared chartered repatriation flights for UAE overseas Filipino workers on July 12, 17, 27, and 30.
Also a priority is the evacuation of families with children and medical patients with no insurance in the United Arab Emirates, the DFA said.
The Philippine government arranged chartered flights for Filipinos in UAE due to the existing travel ban there.
The Inter-Agency Task Force implemented a travel ban on incoming travelers from seven countries, including the UAE.
