BACOLOD City – The city government is enforcing a number coding scheme to bearers of home quarantine pass (HQP) to ensure the strict adherence of households to the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).
Mayor Evelio Leonardia announced this rule yesterday through his Executive Order (EO) 30 signed on Monday, saying this move would control movement of people and slowdown the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
According to Leonardia, the city government has issued an estimated 150,000 HQPs for 61 barangays.
Persons holding HQP passes ending in odd numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 can be allowed to go out on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only while those with passes ending in even numbers 2, 4, 6, 8, and 0 can leave their homes only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
On these days, an HQP pass holder can go out or travel only from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m.
The HCQ pass will not be honored on Sundays as all persons are required to strictly observe home quarantine on this day, stated in Leonardia’s directive.
Still exempted are those rendering essential government services, frontline workers, persons requiring medical assistance, persons involved in the movement of cargoes and goods, and workers providing essential services.
The executive order stated that supermarkets, groceries and public markets will require all customers to present their valid HQPs upon entry, and those without it will not be allowed to enter.
Frontliners and essential government workers and those from the private sector proving essential services are exempted provided they present their valid IDs. (With PNA/PN)
