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    DOH-BOQ Memorandum Circular No. 2020-23

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    This memorandum provides interim guidelines for admitting human remains into the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic. It outlines documentation requirements that must be completed before arrival, including a death certificate, embalming certificate, and certificate of disinfection. Upon arrival, remains will undergo disinfection and be transported directly to the final destination for burial. Relatives are prohibited from directly handling the remains. The guidelines aim to prevent the spread of COVID-19 while allowing deceased overseas Filipinos to be returned home.

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    This memorandum provides interim guidelines for admitting human remains into the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic. It outlines documentation requirements that must be completed before arrival, including a death certificate, embalming certificate, and certificate of disinfection. Upon arrival, remains will undergo disinfection and be transported directly to the final destination for burial. Relatives are prohibited from directly handling the remains. The guidelines aim to prevent the spread of COVID-19 while allowing deceased overseas Filipinos to be returned home.

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    This memorandum provides interim guidelines for admitting human remains into the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic. It outlines documentation requirements that must be completed before arrival, including a death certificate, embalming certificate, and certificate of disinfection. Upon arrival, remains will undergo disinfection and be transported directly to the final destination for burial. Relatives are prohibited from directly handling the remains. The guidelines aim to prevent the spread of COVID-19 while allowing deceased overseas Filipinos to be returned home.

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    Republic of the Philippines

    Department of Health
    BUREAU OF QUARANTINE
    25th and A.C. Delgado Streets
    Port Area, Manila

    MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR
    No. 2020-_42)

    FOR ALL CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ALL QUARANTINE


    STATION CHIEFS. PORT OPERATORS. SHIP HANDLERS. AND
    LICENSED MANNING AGENCIES

    SUBJECT : INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR THE ADMISSION OF HUMAN REMAINS


    INTO THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE TIME OF THE CORONAVIRUS
    DISEASE 2019 fCOVID-19) PANDEMIC

    DATE 01 July 2020

    1. Background

    With the increasing incidence of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide, the World
    Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International
    Concern (PHEIC) last January 30, 2020. Due to the continued spread of the disease, the WHO
    classified COVID-19 as a pandemic last March 11, 2020.

    During the pandemic, it has been reported that bodies of deceased Overseas Filipinos (OFs) who
    died of various causes in Saudi Arabia have accumulated. Thus the government deemed it
    necessary to transport them back to the Philippines for proper interment. In addition, there are
    remains of deceased Filipinos from other countries that would have to be repatriated as well.

    This Memorandum Circular shall provide the guidelines for the admission of the remains of OFs
    who have died of various causes, especially COVID-19, back into the Philippines.

    n . General Guidelines
    A. Pre-Arrival
    1. The Philippine Embassy or Consulate and the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO)
    shall ensure the completion of the following documentary requirements (with English
    translation) for the remains of the deceased Overseas Filipino (OF):

    a. Death Certificate issued by the Register Office or, in its absence, a Coroner's Certificate
    of the Fact of Death;
    b. Embalming Certificate issued by the funeral parlor, if allowed in country of origin;
    c. Certificate to the effect that the human remains have been properly placed in a
    hermetically sealed container or casket (Funeral Director's Declaration stating that the
    remains have been properly prepared and packed for shipment);
    d. A certificate detailing the date, time and manner of disinfection must be issued by the
    undertaker or funeral director and submitted to the freight forwarder (For instances
    where cremation or embalming is not allowed or not possible);
    e. Passport of the deceased;
    f. Passport of the authorized person who will be carrying the cremated remains to the
    Philippines (For cremated remains);
    g- Flight Itinerary; and,
    h. Full repatriation details including name and address of next of kin or consignee

    23* anJA.C. Delgado Streets., Port Area, Manila, Philippines:


    Tel. Nos.: 5-318-7500 local 100 to 118 Telefax No.: 8-527-4678 URL: hup: wvnv.quaranline.doh.gvv.ph

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