'Shotgun approach': NGOs hit 'no vax, no ride' policy on public transportation

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Police officers screen motorists and commuters passing the border of Bulacan and Caloocan in San Jose Del Monte on the first day of Implementation of a renewed lockdown or enhanced community quarantine on Monday, March 29, 2021.

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MANILA, Philippines — Banning the unvaccinated from using public transportation is a "shotgun approach" that will only inconvenience commuters instead of addressing the coronavirus surge in Metro Manila, transport advocacy groups said Thursday. 

 

This comes a day after the DOTr announced the "no vaccine, no ride" policy in the capital region's modes of public transportation "to prevent a repeat of the public transport shut down [and] safeguard those that are most at risk." It said those affected can "use other modes" instead. 

 

In a statement sent to media, the Move as One Coalition said that the move "unduly burdens commuters and transport workers and fails to address more basic issues" —  such as the lack of ayuda, testing, and ventilation in public transport and public spaces — that also cause the spread of the pathogen.

 

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/01/13/2153665/shotgun-approach-ngos-hit-no-vax-no-ride-policy-public-transportation

 

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