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Duterte ends overseas travel ban on health care workers: minister

Philippines caps overseas work permits at 5,000 a year for sector

The Philippine government in April barred nurses, doctors and other medical workers from leaving the country, saying they were needed to fight the coronavirus outbreak at home.   © Reuters

MANILA (Reuters) -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has approved ending a ban on deploying the nation's healthcare workers, his labour minister said on Saturday, clearing the way for thousands of nurses to take up jobs overseas.

"The president already approved the lifting of the temporary suspension of deployment of nurses and other medical workers," Labour Secretary Silvestre Bello told Reuters.

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