page_title: Evacuations by the Philippines related to the COVID-19 pandemic
section_title: International
hierarchical_section_title: Evacuations by the Philippines related to the COVID-19 pandemic / International
caption_attribution_description: English: Repatriated Filipinos from Wuhan, China due to the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak disembarks from their plane at the Clark Air Base.
context_page_description: Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the national and local governments of the Philippines have coordinated numerous international and domestic evacuations.
context_section_description: The Philippine government has repatriated its citizens from various COVID-19 affected countries and international conveyances. On August 29, the DFA reported that more than 153,124 overseas Filipinos (57,595 sea-based and 95,529 land-based) have been evacuated since its first repatriation on the first quarter of 2020. According to the DFA, the COVID-19 pandemic-related repatriations have become the biggest evacuation conducted by the country since the 1991 Gulf War in the Middle East, where 20,000—30,000 Filipinos had been evacuated. Philippine Airlines, the country's flag carrier, has volunteered several repatriation flights as early as March.
  The first of such efforts by the government involved repatriating Filipino nationals in Hubei, China. The government began the repatriation process on January 18. Upon arrival in the Philippines, individuals underwent mandatory quarantine for 14 days.
  The Athlete's Village at the New Clark City Sports Hub which also has a clinic run by the Philippine General Hospital was chosen as the quarantine site for repatriated Filipinos and New Clark City was locked down on February 6, in preparation for the arrival of the repatriates.
caption: Repatriated Filipinos disembark their plane at Clark Air Base, Pampanga on February 9.[1]
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