Macao lost nearly 30,000 non-resident workers over Covid. Less than half that number has returned.
Filipinos
Health Bureau accepting applications but only for fully vaccinated workers who will be looking after elderly, young children or seriously ill.
Potential employees must be double-jabbed and can only work in certain households; pilot scheme may open the door to foreign teachers in future.
Consulate says repatriation flights will continue as long as necessary; nearly 6,000 flown home since the start of the pandemic.
Consulate warns that violating local regulations could lead to cancellation of employment contract and Permit to Stay.
Flight included children, expectant mothers and two dozen sick, but officials in Manila say many more are still stranded in Macao.
The University of Macau (UM) said that it has launched a health programme in conjunction with Caritas Macau for overseas Filipino workers.
Over 300 Filipinos nationals returned to Manila on Thursday via a chartered flight organised by the Philippine Consulate General in Macao.
Discussions with concerned airlines to airlift stranded Filipinos in Macau has met a setback.
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