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(File) May 06, 2021 PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to arrest and detain individuals who fail to wear or properly wear face masks in public.
Duterte said this safety measure against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) should be enforced strictly to curb transmission.
Covid-19 cases have started to decline, but new infections still average nearly 8,000 a day.
The President noted that a lot of people wear their face masks with the nose exposed.
He said the police have nine hours to hold a person without charges and investigate.
“Pagka ganoon, tapos ako dito hirap na hirap, papawala na yong pera natin sa bangko, tapos sige pa rin kayo galaw nang galaw diyan na hindi tama, eh mapupunta talaga kayo sa istasyon,” he warned.
(ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
In a statement on Tuesday, April 13, the DOH and NTF said over the next two weeks it will continue to monitor and work with the local government units (LGUs) to reach specific targets to address the increasing cases and hospital occupancies.
The DOH and NTF have also committed to reduce the duration of infectiousness of cases through increased contact tracing efficiency and strengthened active case finding through testing at the community level, which they said can help “reduce new infections.”
Contact Tracing Czar Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong, the Department of the Interior and Local Government, and the Department of Information and Communications Technology will also further support contact tracing efforts through supplementation of around 27,672 contact tracers in the NCR+ bubble, and by putting in place an automatic contact tracing system using text messaging (SMS).
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File March 09, 2021 AS CASES of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) are again rising and healthcare utilization rates are increasing, President Rodrigo Duterte reminded the nation to comply with the minimum public health standards.
Wear a face mask. Clean your hands. Observe physical distancing.
The President issued these reminders during a televised public address with some Cabinet members Monday, March 8, 2021.
“Social distancing means to say umiwas ka. Then mask, importante ‘yan. Mask, importante talaga. Mabilis makuha mo pagka eh humihinga ka,” he said.
“And maghugas ka ng kamay o kaya magbili ka ng maraming alcohol. Hindi naman isang dalawang drops lang, patay na ang germs diyan. It’s not so expensive and it’s not something which is consumable sa madaling panahon,” he added.
SunStar Group notes ‘deteriorating compliance’ to health protocols
CEBU. In this photo taken in August 2020, a law enforcer carries a one-meter-long stick to enforce physical distancing of at least one meter between two people in public. (SunStar Cebu)
+ March 03, 2021 A UNIVERSITY professor who is part of the Octa Research on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, noted a “deteriorating compliance” to minimum public health standards.
Octa research fellow Ranjit Rye said their nationwide surveys showed that while most respondents wear face masks, only a few wear face shields and practice physical distancing.
“While most people practice the minimum health standards, they don’t practice it everyday. In fact, majority of people wear face masks (but) the number goes down as we talk about face shields and social distancing,” he said in a virtual forum.
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In a bid to encourage Filipinos itching to travel after almost a year in lockdown to rediscover their own backyard, the Philippines’ Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has announced new travel protocols.
In an online media briefing on 27 February, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced that under the IATF Resolution No. 101, the IATF approved uniform travel protocols for land, sea, and air travel crafted by the Department of Interior and Local Government with closed coordination with local government units.
A. On Minimum Public Health Standards:
Minimum public health standards, which include physical distancing, hand hygiene, cough etiquette, and wearing of face masks and face shields among others, shall be strictly implemented across all settings; and