Tag: one-meter distance

President Duterte rejects reduced physical distance rule; 1-meter minimum distance among commuters to be implemented

(Eagle News)–Commuters will have to retain at least a one-meter distance in  modes of public transportation. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte decided against the reduced physical distance  rule which the Department of Transportation started implementing on Monday, Sept. 14, with a reduction to 0.75 meters of the minimum distance among commuters. This was, however, later suspended following opposition by some  Cabinet members and other medical experts, who expressed fears of a spike in COVID-19 […]

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In photos: MRT-3 puts markers on train seats, floors in preparation for “new normal”

(Eagle News) — These pictures released by the Metro Rail Transit 3 show what will be the “new normal” inside its trains once the enhanced community quarantine is lifted. The pictures show markers that delineate the required one-meter distance between two seated train passengers and two standing ones. The one-meter distance was based on guidelines imposed by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases in a bid to contain the COVID-19 […]

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