{"id":249128,"date":"2020-03-19T18:50:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T22:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=249128"},"modified":"2020-03-19T18:50:05","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T22:50:05","slug":"tricycles-do-not-comply-with-social-distancing-dotr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/19\/tricycles-do-not-comply-with-social-distancing-dotr\/","title":{"rendered":"Tricycles do not comply with social distancing: DOTr"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Personnel of the city government use a mist cannon to apply disinfectant along the intersection of N. Domingo and Lt. Artiaga streets in San Juan City on Saturday (March 14, 2020). (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Tricycles are not allowed as these could not comply with social distancing and may continue the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) amid the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon, an official of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said Thursday.<\/p>\n

In a phone patch interview over Unang Hirit on GMA 7, DOTr Undersecretary Artemio Tuazon Jr. said the small sizes of tricycles would not allow minimal precautions on social distancing such as a one-meter distance between people.<\/p>\n

\u201cTalagang hindi pwede po yan, kasi ang tricycle po, napakaliit po ng sasakyan, magkadikit halos ang driver, yung mga pasahero, hindi po natin mapre-prevent yung transmission nung virus kung sakali man<\/em>\u00a0(It\u2019s really not allowed. Because tricycles, they are small vehicles, drivers and passengers are almost touching, we won\u2019t be able to prevent transmission of the virus),\u201d Tuazon said.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto requested to allow the operation of tricycles in his city to ferry health workers and emergency patients.<\/p>\n

To address the issue, Tuazon said Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo A\u00f1o would speak to Sotto about the matter.<\/p>\n

Sotto said he would comply with the government\u2019s directive to ban tricycles during the month-long quarantine period after Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles rejected his plea on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Sotto announced that tricycles would be allowed to continue to operate but would be limited for the use of people exempted from the Luzon-wide quarantine.<\/p>\n

He said this includes health workers, security forces, employees of establishments providing essential services such as groceries, and media personnel.<\/p>\n

During its limited operations, he said tricycles would only be allowed to take up to three passengers at a time, aside from an earlier declaration that allowed tricycle operators to raise fares by half to compensate for the limited number of passengers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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