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OFW says some Pinoys opt to stay in Wuhan, don't want to carry virus to PH

OFW says some Pinoys opt to stay in Wuhan, don't want to carry virus to PH

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Updated Feb 03, 2020 11:14 AM PHT

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People wearing masks shop at a supermarket on the second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, following the outbreak of a new coronavirus, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 26, 2020. cnsphoto via Reuters

MANILA - Several Filipinos in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak would like to remain there despite government's repatriation offer, a community member said Monday.

Fifty of around 150 Filipinos are set to return home from the central Chinese city and will be quarantined for 14 days upon arrival, authorities earlier said.

"Sa'kin po mas maganda po yung hindi muna kami uuwi ng Pilipinas kasi hindi namin po alam kung may virus na kaming dala sa katawan so ayaw ko pong umuwi ng Pilipinas na magdadala ako ng virus," said Dhel Tanaga, a household worker.

(For me, it's better for us not to go home to the Philippines because we don't know if we carry the virus. I don't want to go home to the Philippines with the virus.)

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"Ayaw din po nila kasi ayaw nilang magdala ng virus kasi napakalapit po namin dito sa pinanggalingan ng virus."

(My fellow Filipinos also don't want to go home because we will just carry the virus, we're very near where it originated.)

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Tanaga said some Filipinos have their food and grocery delivered while others opt to go out and shop on their own.

"Ang mga kasamahan ko po okay lang po kami dito, wala pong infected sa virus. Lahat po kaming Pilipino is okay po dito," she said.

(We're all okay here, no one's infected with the virus.)

The Philippines on Saturday recorded the first new coronavirus-related fatality outside of China following the death of a 44-year-old man from Wuhan.

The pneumonia-like illness has killed 360 people in China and has infected some 16,480, spreading to several countries in Asia, Europe, North America and the Middle East.

The Philippines has since prohibited travel to and from China and its territories.

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Imee Marcos: Sara Duterte impeachment trial not urgent

Imee Marcos: Sara Duterte impeachment trial not urgent

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Reelectionist Senator Imee Marcos on Saturday said the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte is not urgent, noting that the House of Representatives took 2 months before sending it to the Senate for trial.

Marcos, a known friend and ally of Duterte, said this was the collective decision of the Senate.

"Hindi, magkasabay kami ng buong Senado na pinagkaisahan na siguro ipa ipa-Hulyo na lamang dahil kasi, yun nga, dalawang taon na namin naririnig yan, dalawang buwan na nakatengga dyan sa Kongreso. Bakit naman last minute pinadala sa amin? Huwag naman ganun," Marcos said in a campaign appearance in Batangas on Saturday, which coincided with the Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas' campaign sortie in Carmen, Davao del Norte.

"Kaya kami, palagay namin di naman siya urgent kasi nag-antay sila ng dalawang taon. Tapos nung napila na, dalawang buwan naman, aba'y siguro hindi urgent. At saka na lang, sa Hulyo na lang."  

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Responding to a question about whether she believed electoral surveys or not, Marcos expressed preference to just focus on campaign work.

"Mas maigi, magtrabaho na lamang. Pero biro ko nga, lahat ng senador nandoon sa ibang lugar, ako lang ang narito kasi mas type ko ang barako, ayan. Feel na feel ko dito,” Marcos said.

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