A partnership of employers and unions has booked out two major hotels in Manila to accommodate seafarers in a trial scheme intended to verify the Covid-19 status of ship crews.
The move, which will launch next week, could potentially accelerate efforts to relieve hundreds of thousands of seafarers stranded on ships during the pandemic.
It also comes amid allegations of falsified Covid-19 testing certification and continued Covid-19 outbreaks among onboard crew.
