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Año orders LGUs to aid health workers affected by Luzon quarantine
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has directed local government units (LGUs) to offer free transportation services to healthcare workers who were stranded due to the suspension of public transport following the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon.
DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya stated that hundreds of health workers were left stranded at checkpoints and terminals after mass transportation was halted to comply with quarantine protocols.
The DILG and other relevant agencies are currently developing plans to implement these shuttle services.
DILG Secretary Eduardo Año has specifically instructed LGUs to assist in ferrying stranded commuters.
While the directive has been issued, specific mechanics for the shuttle service provision are still being finalized.
Hospitals, medical clinics, pharmacies, and drugstores are among the establishments exempted from the enhanced community quarantine, allowing their operations to continue.
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The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) directed the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to provide free point-to-point shuttle services for health workers and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) during the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine.
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The entire island of Luzon is under an enhanced community quarantine from March 17 to April 13 to curb the spread of COVID-19, with strict home quarantine for over 53 million residents and increased police and military presence at checkpoints.
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All modes of public transportation in Luzon are suspended from March 17 to April 13 as part of the enhanced community quarantine to combat the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Various groups have stepped up to provide transportation services for frontliners and patients during the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine.
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The provincial government of Bulacan has deployed five buses and 10 jeepneys to provide free transportation for health workers to and from their workplaces.
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