Already in January, Rebecca Månhardt and Isabelle Roseus went to Thailand and have since visited Cambodia and Indonesia. Just over a week ago they went to the island of Siargao, Philippines.

When they arrived at the island, they noticed a gradual shutdown of both bathing places and restaurants. But it wasn't until Saturday morning that almost everything was shut down.

"The military came to us today on the beach, in full equipment and big weapons, and said that we couldn't be there anymore and that quarantine applies from now on," says Rebecca Månhardt.

According to the newly introduced rules, you can only go out if you have a so-called "travel card" for shopping food or medicine, something Rebecca after many if and only managed to get.

- I had to go into town myself to shop for food, with military cards. It was very scary even though they were helpful.

In the first instance, a traveler must arrange his or her own journey

Rebecca and Isabelle have been in contact with other Swedes who are also stuck on the island. But no one knows what applies now, they say.

- It's not the virus that scares us, it's all around. Not knowing how to get home and the Swedish embassy does not help us, says Isabelle Roseus.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the travelers themselves are responsible for returning home. Swedes who are abroad can subscribe to Swedish lists and follow the updates on Sweden Abroad and information via the UD Resklar app.

There you can read that flights depart from the Philippine capital Manila, which may have space for Swedes. But the problem for Rebecca and Isabelle is to get from the island into the city to begin with.

- There are hardly any flights from here and in order to enter you have to be able to show a departure ticket with departure within 24 hours. But we can't because we don't know if we'll be on the next flight. These are expensive tickets so there is nothing you can do with either, says Rebecca.

According to Anna Lundbladh, press communicator at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, they follow the developments closely.

- At present there is no planned assisted departure from any specific area. However, Sweden, the Nordic countries and other EU countries follow this question closely and do not exclude the possibility in the future if needed, she answers the question of whether it may be relevant to bring home stranded Swedes.