Manila Bulletin
Pateros mayor lifts mandatory use of face shields outdoors
Pateros Mayor Miguel "Ike" Ponce III has issued an executive order making face shields optional outdoors.
Face shields remain mandatory inside hospitals, health centers, enclosed vaccination sites, and isolation facilities.
The mayor stated this aligns with a Metro Manila Development Authority resolution recommending to the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) that face shields no longer be mandatory except in specific high-risk settings.
Ponce encouraged residents to continue using face shields for added protection, though it is no longer required or subject to apprehension outside of the specified facilities.
He also instructed administrators of hospitals, health centers, and enclosed facilities to deny entry to individuals not wearing face shields.
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Mayors in the National Capital Region (NCR) have agreed to make face shields optional in most areas, except in critical settings like hospitals and clinics.
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Muntinlupa City has lifted the mandatory use of face shields in public and private establishments, except for hospitals and clinics.
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Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque questioned Manila Mayor Isko Moreno's order to limit face shield usage, suggesting it might be ineffective or null and void.
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President Rodrigo Duterte approved recommendations making face shields mandatory only in areas under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), coronavirus disease (COVID-19) alert level 5, and granular lockdown.
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Malacañang urged local government units (LGUs) to uphold President Rodrigo Duterte's existing policy on face shields, awaiting a final decision from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).
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