Mayor Inday Sara to enforce “no touch” policy on FM pass
Mayor Inday Sara to enforce ‘no touch’ policy on FM pass
Davao
City Mayor Sara Duterte wants frontline workers (AFP/PNP, Security Guard, etc) to implement a “no touch” policy on Food
and Medicine (FM) pass including those who pass through checkpoint and
establishment. This serves as precautionary measures against the spread of the
novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
In
her statement, Mayor Sara warned the frontliners,
“We’d
like to remind our frontliners, ‘no, dinha sa checkpoint, sa atoang mga
security guards sa atoang mga establishments, ayaw ninyo guniti ang FM pass—ang
passes sa mga tao because this can transmit kagaw”
She
(Mayor) was concerned with the transmission of the virus can be exponential
because an owner of the FM pass may be infected of the coronavirus and
transmission goes on. Civilian/s should not allow anyone touch personal FM
passes, instead to just present the passes at eye-level to the authorities
during the inspection.
She
urged the public not to touch anything outside their homes and clenching fists
would be a great reminder for them to stop touching anything when outside.
“Ikumo
na ninyo inyong mga kamot para dili mo makalimot nga di ko dapat manggunit
bisan asa,” she added.
Respiratory
viruses such as COVID-19 can be passed by shaking hands, touching your eyes,
nose and mouth. In lieu of holding/shaking hands, greet them with a wave (with social distancing), a nod or a bow
will be best option for our frontliners