Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) chief Hans Leo Cacdac on Saturday said the documents of returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) bound for Ebola-hit countries in West Africa will not be processed by the agency.

Cacdac said the processing of documents of OFWs bound for Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone will only resume “after proper coordination with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Department of Health (DOH) to ensure documentary requirements for processing provide measures that guarantee OFW protection.”

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