{"id":265032,"date":"2020-08-12T06:30:02","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T10:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=265032"},"modified":"2020-08-12T06:30:02","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T10:30:02","slug":"use-of-face-shields-mandatory-in-workplaces-starting-aug-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/12\/use-of-face-shields-mandatory-in-workplaces-starting-aug-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Use of face shields mandatory in workplaces starting Aug. 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_264163\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-264163\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/engin-akyurt-43u2lQG7U4w-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-264163\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/engin-akyurt-43u2lQG7U4w-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/engin-akyurt-43u2lQG7U4w-unsplash.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/engin-akyurt-43u2lQG7U4w-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/engin-akyurt-43u2lQG7U4w-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/engin-akyurt-43u2lQG7U4w-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-264163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bello said the measure is an added layer of protection to stem further spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in their working areas. (File photo: engin akyurt\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Employees will be required to wear face shields in working areas starting Aug. 15, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Effective August 15, it is not only face mask that workers should wear but also face shields. That is the new protocol,&#8221; Bello said in a radio interview.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the Inter-Agency Task Force has advised employers to provide face shields to their employees.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that workers will not be allowed to enter the workplace if they will not follow the health protocol.<\/p>\n<p>Bello said the measure is an added layer of protection to stem further spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in their working areas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, to prevent transmission in workplaces,\u201d he said in a text message when asked on the reason for the policy.<\/p>\n<p>In Memorandum Circular No. 2020-014, the Department of Transportation said commuters are required to wear face shields in public transport starting August 15.<\/p>\n<p>The agency earlier said the wearing of face shield and mask, aside from physical distancing, effectively reduce the transmission of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) by as much as 99 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The government has earlier encouraged the use of face shields not only in workplaces and public transport but also in public areas such as markets, hospitals, and quarantine facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Employees will be required to wear face shields in working areas starting Aug. 15, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":264163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265032","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265035,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265032\/revisions\/265035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}