MANILA, Philippines — The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging and Infectious Disease has recommended to President Duterte the lifting of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration’s (POEA) temporary ban on the deployment of Filipino health care workers abroad. Duterte’s chief legal counsel Salvador Panelo said the task force “reconsidered” the policy on the travel ban on health workers during a meeting Monday. He stated in one of his televised message[s] to the nation that he defers to the recommendation of the IATF,” Panelo said. Nurses and health workers with perfected employment contracts abroad may leave the Philippines once the proposal has been approved. NURSES, other health workers with existing contracts of work abroad can leave,” Locsin said in a tweet.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 13, 2020 11:26 UTC