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How Filipinos are using #INeedARide to crowdsource, match transpo needs
Various groups have stepped up to provide transportation services for frontliners and patients during the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine.
The Philippine government implemented a lockdown on Luzon starting March 17 to curb the spread of the coronavirus, suspending public transportation and imposing strict quarantine measures.
Frontliners and healthcare workers struggled with the national government's lack of immediate and timely transport solutions.
The Department of Transportation reactively set up free bus rides around Metro Manila for health workers the day after the enhanced community quarantine was implemented.
However, even with these added provisions, frontliners and healthcare workers stated that it does not fully satisfy the demand for transportation.
MovePH, Rappler's civic engagement arm, is crowdsourcing information and organizing efforts to provide transportation and delivery services.
These initiatives aim to support frontliners and individuals who require essential mobility during the lockdown period.
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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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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.
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The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has deployed military trucks and buses to transport stranded health workers and other essential personnel during the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine.
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