It’s the latest show of discord among top officials tasked to craft and implement policies to address the pandemic.
The DOH stressed that while the DOTr wanted to"optimize physical distancing in transportation," Filipinos must practice minimum health standards like wearing of face masks and face shields to prevent transmitting the coronavirus.
"Cases will surely rise and hamper our recovery if we do this now," said leading epidemiologist and Healthcare Professionals Alliance for COVID-19 member Dr Antonio Dans. Roque added that the policy had yet to be presented to President Rodrigo Duterte, who has the final say on key measures to address the pandemic.
If approved, physical distancing will gradually be reduced further to 0.5 meters on September 28 and 0.3 meters on October 12.
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