{"id":256321,"date":"2020-05-27T23:07:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T03:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=256321"},"modified":"2020-05-27T23:07:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T03:07:15","slug":"truck-body-assembler-makes-anti-covid-divider-for-puvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/05\/27\/truck-body-assembler-makes-anti-covid-divider-for-puvs\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck body assembler makes \u2018anti-Covid divider\u2019 for PUVs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_256322\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-256322\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/18df950f-8b6a-4c44-b65a-4cf5d8329348.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-256322 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/18df950f-8b6a-4c44-b65a-4cf5d8329348.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/18df950f-8b6a-4c44-b65a-4cf5d8329348.jpeg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/18df950f-8b6a-4c44-b65a-4cf5d8329348-300x188.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-256322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DIVIDERS. &#8216;Anti-Covid-19 dividers&#8217; for public utility vehicles are now produced by local truck body assembler Centro Manufacturing Corp. The dividers only use clamps that can be easily attached to PUVs. (Photo courtesy of Centro via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Centro Manufacturing Corp., a truck body builder, is now producing dividers for public utility vehicles (PUVs) to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in public transportation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a statement Wednesday, Centro said interested PUV drivers and operators can install their \u201canti-Covid-19 dividers\u201d at Centro production facilities in Cavite, Novaliches, and Marilao, Bulacan.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The dividers can also be retrofitted on existing UV or PUV as it does not need any drilling and only uses clamps.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe divider material is non-permeable, transparent plastic and the dividers are installed conforming to physical distancing. They may be installed one seat apart or even at less than one meter apart,\u201d Centro sales manager Vic Belisario said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">As the government eases restrictions for lockdown, PUVs are now allowed to operate but in reduced capacity to observe physical distancing.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cAs the pandemic situation improves and more and more UVs and PUVs are allowed to operate, we see the need for these UVs and PUVs to have dividers. This makes them perfect as the vehicle solution to mass transport and the shuttle requirements of offices and factories,\u201d Belisario said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He added these dividers will help ensure the safety and health of the commuting public amid the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe intend to protect our intellectual property rights over this innovative product so we will have it patented,\u201d he added.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Centro Manufacturing Corp., a truck body builder, is now producing dividers for public utility vehicles (PUVs) to help prevent &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":256322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","mauthors-kris-crismundo","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256321"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256323,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256321\/revisions\/256323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}