NANAWAGAN si Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez sa gobyerno na payagan nang makauwi sa Visayas at Mindanao ang mga estudyante at overseas Filipino workers na na-stranded sa Luzon.
Ayon kay Rodriguez maaaring magsawa ng sweeper flights o sea transport para sa mga stranded.
“Most of them arrived on March 13 to 15. They have been stranded for more than 40 days. They have all been tested for Covid 19 and found negative. I am in touch with more than 40 OFWs from Cagayan de Oro currently sheltered in Clark and more than 60 OFWs from CDO stranded in Metro Manila,” ani Rodriguez.
Ayon kay Rodriguez 17 estudyante sa CDO at mahigit 60 iba pa na nakatira sa ibang bahagi ng Mindanao ang stranded sa UP Los Baños sa Laguna.
May 16 naman na estudyante na taga-CDO ang stranded sa UP Visayas sa Iloilo.
“I hope the IATF and the OWWA have an evacuation plan to bring these returning OFWs and students to their respective provinces and cities in Mindanao and the Visayas. They are already running low on personal supplies. More importantly, they already miss their families badly,” dagdag pa ng solon.
“They are willing to go on a 14-day quarantine upon arrival to their respective communities. I urge the local government units to accept them, undertake their quarantine accommodations and monitor them.”
Nagpasalamat naman si Rodriguez sa mga tumutulong sa mga na-stranded gaya ng mga OFW na nasa Clark, Pampanga at inaasikaso ng Bases Conversion and Development Authority na pinamumunuan ni Vince Dizon.