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MANILA – The Philippine coronavirus task force approved a higher passenger load for commissioned transportation services, Malacañang said on Friday, easing another restriction in an apparent attempt to help the country’s battered economy recover from the recession.
The interagency task force, in a meeting on Thursday, approved an increase in the operational capacity of commissioned transport services for employees of authorized offices or establishments “by allowing them to adopt a” separate seat “or full capacity arrangement. “said presidential spokesman Harry Roque.
The ferries should have dividers between passengers and other health measures, it said in a statement.
The working group ordered the labor and trade departments to “issue the necessary notices for private transport in this regard,” he said.
President Rodrigo Duterte’s cabinet approved a separate seat rule for public vehicles in October.
Previous guidelines required passengers to stay one meter apart.
The Cabinet also agreed to increase rail capacity from 30 percent to 50 percent and increase provincial buses, motorcycle taxis and shuttles, Roque said.
The following “Seven Commandments” will be observed on the mass transit system, he said.
Roque says that the ff rules will be implemented in the USPs. pic.twitter.com/NjUKUWih20
Jamaine Punzalan @jmnpunzalan October 13, 2020
The Philippines has recently relaxed some travel restrictions to help the country’s economy recover from the recession.
A relentless first wave of coronavirus infections, with 424,297 cases as of Thursday, has hampered the full reopening of the Philippine economy.
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