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MANILA – The Department of the Interior and Local Government has asked local government units to lift policies on business hours for trips to the market and the supermarket, as it represents a risk for physical distancing measures. .
In an April 18 notice, DILG discouraged LGUs from imposing a “limited or limited window period” on access to supermarkets, wet markets, supermarkets, and pharmacies.
“The imposition of such restrictions creates even more congestion for people who go to these establishments at the same time, and poses risks in implementing social distancing,” DILG said.
I use DILGc. Jonathan Malaya confirms this notice urging LGUs to lift “window hours” for supermarket trips @ABSCBNNews pic.twitter.com/gIeByyV2ky
– Arianne Merez (@arianne_merez) April 20, 2020
However, DILG Deputy Secretary Jonathan Malaya told ABS-CBN News that the notice is “subject to adjustment based on local conditions.”
The Secretary of the Interior, Eduardo Año, previously said that the LGU should not impose window hours, since it goes against the government’s call to observe physical distancing to help combat the spread of the new disease due to coronavirus 2019 or COVID- 19.
Rather than imposing schedules, DILG urged local governments to provide schedules for market trips to villages to avoid overcrowding.
Local governments were also asked to find “innovative” ways to bring basic goods closer to the public to further limit their movement as a precaution against COVID-19.
Among the measures suggested by the DILG are online marketing and delivery of goods, community markets in subdivisions and the mobile “palengke” (market) where vehicles with market goods can circulate in residential communities.
Millions of people have been forced to stay home since March 17 when the government implemented community quarantine measures to stop the spread of COVID-19.
The blockade, which was due to end on April 12, lasted until April 30.
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