SOME 48 returning overseas Kapampangans have finally returned home to their families after testing negative for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) after undergoing quarantine protocols through the “Balik Pinas, Balik Pampanga Program.”
The returnees have been safely ferried back to their respective homes in the province.
The Balik Pinas, Balik Pampanga program fast-tracks the processing of repatriated Kapampangan overseas Filipino workers, including non-working individuals, to their families after months of being stranded across the globe.
The Province had extended assistance to the returning overseas Kapampangans through reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing and mandatory quarantine in government quarantine facilities.
The Province helps process their quarantine results and ferries them to their respective towns and cities after quarantine.
Currently, 5,746 Kapampangans have been assisted through the said program, 65 are currently quarantined in New Clark City and 5,683 have been safely repatriated.