DAVAO CITY - Mayor Sara Duterte has issued Executive Order (E.O.) 60 mandating the use of Safe Davao QR (DQR) by all individuals, including non-residents, to hasten contact tracing in the local government’s efforts to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus disease.
Duterte issued the order following the surge
in Covid-19 cases due to several activities allowed under the Modified General
Community Quarantine (MGCQ).
The Department of Health Davao Region reported
that Davao City has over 1,000 active Covid-19 cases and since the outbreak of
the pandemic in March, the total number of cases here reached nearly 4,000, but
more than 2,600 of the, recovered from the disease, although 174 had died from
it.
Duterte said there is a need to control the
spread of Covid-19 as beds at the Southern Philippines Medical Center and the
Temporary Treatment and Monitoring Facilities are now all occupied.
“Tracing has encountered several challenges
and needs to be continually improved. The paper and pen contact tracing form in
establishments have severely compromised the privacy of data and is a potential
source of transmission of the virus,” she said, adding that the DQR will help
limit the movement of people to accessing only essential goods and services for
work or business – in keeping with the community quarantine protocols.
The DQR will also implement contactless data
gathering and electronic storage of data while enforcing the prohibition on
non-essential travels within the city.
The E.O. 60 will strictly implement the No QR
code, No Travel, or No Entry policy. The one-time permanent and unique DQR will
be implemented as a pass for entry into and travel inside Davao City, provided
that such travel is only for goods and accessing essential services or for work
and business; as a pass at law enforcement checkpoints and barangay patrols
implementing the prohibition on non-essential travel; and as a contact tracing
log for entry and exit in all offices and establishments.
Duterte reiterated that individuals must keep
their DQR confidential and publicly posting it is strictly prohibited to
prevent identity theft. The DQR must be stored in the email or a hard copy of
it must be secured.
However, airplane travellers shall register
for two codes - their QR code for the exit at the Davao International Airport
and their DQR.
The order said all individuals must bring
their DQR when leaving three meters away from their premises or gates as
barangay personnel will randomly scan people within their area of
responsibility to check on violation of the non-essential travel prohibition. Individuals
aged 18 years old and below and above 65 will be issued DQR as part of the
vulnerable sector to caution checkpoints, offices, and establishments.
All employers are tasked to assist their
employees or workers in applying for a DQR, particularly those without
smartphones, no access to the internet, and a printer.
It further said that criminal charges await
those who will make and sell fake identities and registering for a DQR while
any person caught tampering with and hacking the online link shall be
prosecuted for cybercrimes.
The audit personnel will cancel any DQR with
fake information and the person holding the same upon reaching checkpoints will
be detained for investigation and will face charges once the cancellation is
found to be correct and in order.
Duterte said since the DQR is free, Internet
shops and business individuals may only charge a maximum cost of P15 when they
offer the service of internet use, printing, and lamination of the DQR.
Barangay personnel and all police stations assisting in the issuance of DQRs
for individuals shall do so without charges and fees.
The requirements need for DQR are the
following: A clear photo of one valid ID or any of these Social Security
System, Government Service Insurance System, Unified Multi-Purpose
Identification Card; Land Transportation Office driver’s license, student
permit in card format; Professional Regulatory Commission ID; Overseas Workers
Welfare Administration, Integrated Department of Labor and Employment card;
Commission on Elections voter’s ID or voter’s certification from the election
officer; Philippine National Police firearms license; senior citizen ID; airman
license issued August 2016; Philippine Postal ID issued November 2016 onwards;
school ID; passport; Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) copy of a birth
certificate.
A clear photo of the individual with the valid
ID or birth certificate beside his face, a clear photo of the individual,
facing the camera and showing the entire face, a valid mobile phone number and
a valid email address.
An individual can also apply for a DQR at the
nearest police station in the absence of an ID or birth certificate. The police
can decline to issue a DQR once a person is found inconsistent in answering
questions or cannot prove that the DQR will be used for essential travel.
Once the requirements are completed,
individual may access the DQR link https://safedavaoqr.davaoct.com.
A smartphone with an Internet connection,
tablet with an internet connection, or QR code scanning device/machine attached
to a personal computer with an Internet connection may be used as DQR scanners.
Other options for DQR checking if the Internet
is not available include picture taking of the DQR, listing down of the text
code/alphanumeric code under DQR code, and then uploading the data once the
online connection is re-established, using the traditional pen and paper
method. But the offline solution is not encouraged as it could not be easily
verified.
The Task Force Davao (TFD) checkpoints are
required to scan the DQRs of all individuals upon their entry while the Davao
City Police Office (DCPO) shall conduct scanning at designated
checkpoints.
At checkpoints, documents that must be
presented to prove essential travel are valid ID, employer/principal
certification for those with no employer-employee relationship, business
permit, or any other document to prove travel is to access essential goods and
services or for work/business may be required by checkpoint personnel; and
original receipt of items or services. Without any of these documents, “a
convincing oral explanation may be admitted by checkpoint personnel”.
Only barangay officials and personnel donning
complete official uniforms are authorized to randomly scan individuals on the
streets within their areas of responsibility along with other law enforcement
personnel supporting the TFD, DCPO, and barangay checkpoints.
All private and government offices, event
venues, hospitals, hotels, malls, stores, groceries, mini-marts, restaurants,
carenderias or eateries, public markets or palengkes, places of worship,
educational institutions, and all other offices, establishments, and
organizations are mandated to prepare their online and offline scan for all
individuals entering and exiting their areas.
All records must be kept confidential and
these can only be shared with the City Health Office. (With a report from Malou
Cablinda.)
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