ANOTHER 171听overseas Filipinos in Macau were repatriated on Tuesday,听bringing the total听from the country听to 4,757 since听the start of the coronavirus pandemic in听March last year.

鈥淭he repatriation program will continue as long as regular commercial flights to the Philippines have yet to resume,鈥澨齈hilippine Consul General to Macau Porfirio M. Mayo, Jr. said in Filipino in a statement.

He also assured that the听consulate continues to work towards the inclusion of Macau in the听鈥済reen听list鈥澨齩f jurisdictions under the听government鈥檚 classifications for countries.

Under听the latest guidelines, fully-vaccinated passengers arriving from countries in the green list are no听longer required to undergo听facility-based quarantine,听subject to presentation of a negative RT-PCR test taken within 72 hours prior to departure from the port of听origin.听鈥斕鼳lyssa Nicole O. Tan