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Coronavirus: Most overseas Filipinos opt to stay put
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People waiting to buy air tickets from the Cebu Pacific counter at Ninoy Aquino International Airport last Friday, the day after President Rodrigo Duterte announced a month-long lockdown of Metro Manila, starting today.
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Raul Dancel Philippines Correspondent In Manila, Raul Dancel
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For more than 10 million Filipinos living abroad, the coronavirus makes them feel even more isolated from their country.
Many feel abandoned by their government, even though it has offered free charter flights to repatriate its workers in countries experiencing an outbreak.
