(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) With the pandemic situation, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it will also be the first electoral exercise in the country that will use or adopt the minimum health standards and protocols. “There will be checking of temperatures of voters. There will also be isolation facility (polling place) just in case there are those with temperature of 37.5 or above,”Deputy Executive Director for Operations Teopisto Elnas said in a press briefing in Puerto Princesa, Thursday, March 11. He said social distancing will also be implemented. “That’s the reason why we only allow five voters at a given time to enter (the polling precinct)…we will also control the number of watchers to be deployed,” said Elnas.