{"id":252357,"date":"2020-04-16T21:28:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T01:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=252357"},"modified":"2020-04-16T21:28:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T01:28:05","slug":"ecq-not-the-best-time-for-public-to-be-picky-iatf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/16\/ecq-not-the-best-time-for-public-to-be-picky-iatf\/","title":{"rendered":"ECQ not the best time for public to be \u2018picky\u2019: IATF"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Authorities implement stricter physical distancing at the Balintawak Market in Quezon City on Thursday (April 16, 2020). The Department of the Interior and Local Government recently ordered a stricter implementation of the social distancing measure to control the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) on Thursday discouraged the public from going to their neighboring areas for the purpose of visiting bigger supermarkets or pharmacies.<\/p>\n

Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles advised the public not to be \u201cpicky\u201d amid the implementation of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Luzon.<\/p>\n

In a virtual presser aired on state-owned PTV-4, Nograles said traveling to neighboring areas would only defeat the Luzon-wide ECQ\u2019s intent to stop the further transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cPaano \u2018yung gustong mamili<\/em>\u00a0in a bigger supermarket, grocery, pharmacy in another city\u00a0kasi mas maraming mabibili doon or doon lang<\/em>\u00a0available\u00a0ang kailangang bilhin? Huwag na lang po<\/em>\u00a0(What will happen to those who want to go to a bigger supermarket, grocery, pharmacy in another city for the reason of having many options? Just don\u2019t do it),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Nograles made the statement, a day after he announced that motorists who are not authorized to go out of their homes amid the imposition of ECQ in Luzon face stricter sanctions.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Nograles said the Philippine National Police\u2019s (PNP) Highway Patrol Group will issue a Land Transportation Office-Temporary Operator\u2019s Permit or Metropolitan Manila Development Authority-Ordinance Violation Receipt tickets against unauthorized motorists who will be caught outside of their homes.<\/p>\n

Nograles said the public must understand the situation the country is currently facing.<\/p>\n

He stressed that the country cannot afford to be complacent, especially now that the Luzon-wide ECQ is set to lapse on April 30.<\/p>\n

\u201cKung lahat ng sakripisyo natin mababalewala lang dahil maghahanap tayo ng paraan para makalabas<\/em>\u00a0(Our sacrifices will not bear fruit because we are making a way to go outside of our homes). It just destroys everything,\u201d Nograles said.<\/p>\n

Mass public transportation and most works are suspended during the ECQ period.<\/p>\n

People are also mandated to observe strict home quarantine unless they are health workers, soldiers, policemen, media workers, authorized government personnel, and working in companies rendering basic services.<\/p>\n

Police and military are likewise ordered to man checkpoints while the entire island of Luzon is under ECQ.<\/p>\n

The government has also launched a RapidPass System, a virtual identification system that makes use of QR code technology, to decongest checkpoints amid the ECQ implementation.<\/p>\n

Nograles said the RapidPass is now operational to ensure faster and contact-free passage at checkpoints.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all systems go,\u201d he said. \u201cLahat ng ginagawa ng<\/em>\u00a0DICT (Department of Information and Communications Technology) at DOST (Department of Science and Technology)\u00a0at \u2018yung gumawa ng<\/em>\u00a0(All the actions made by DICT, DOST, and developer of) RapidPass has already been coordinated with the PNP. So, it shouldn\u2019t be a problem.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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