THE ZAMBOANGA City Government reminded travellers coming here to register online and use the Safe, Swift, and Smart Passage (S-PaSS) Travel Management System.
City Tourism Officer Sarita Sebastian said the S-Pass mobile application, which is being used across the country, ensures smooth entry to Zamboanga City during this pandemic period.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) also said the S-PASS, of the Department of Science and Technology, was institutionalized this year as a one-stop-shop application or communication for travellers. “To complement the S-PaSS, we are also encouraging the public to install the mobile application StaySafe.ph. It shall be utilized as the primary contact tracing system,” said DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya.
The StaySafe.Ph is now being used in Zamboanga City after Climaco, head of the local Covid-19 task force, issued Executive Order BC 657-2021 adapting the StaySafe.Ph mobile application as the official digital contact tracing system here.
She also imposed the “No RT-PCR Test, No Entry Policy” for all travellers, including those from Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Basilan, Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur. She said travellers must have negative Covid-19 test results – whether by Saliva RT-PCR test or nasopharyngeal RT-PCR test.
Climaco earlier issued Executive Order 651-2021 that mandates all inbound passengers, whether APOR (Authorized Persons Outside Residence) or private individuals, regardless of reason or purpose of entry, including transit travellers to present negative RT-PCR test result within 5 days from date of specimen collection, whether swab test or Saliva RT-PCR test, together with their valid identification cards to entry into Zamboanga City.
“These are temporary measures designed to curb the sudden spike in Covid-19 cases in order to promote the health and safety of the general welfare of the citizens,” the mayor said.
Zamboanga City has under 900 active Covid-19 cases and now slowly decreasing since the implementation of the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine on May 8 and extended until June 15 following the discovery of three new strains of novel coronavirus here – the South African, U.K. and Philippines variants, on top of the original Wuhan virus.
City Health Officer Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite said residents must at all times wear face masks and face shields while in public places, and frequent washing of hands and physical distancing. “All these health protocols remain effective measures for the prevention of Covid-19 infections. These measures will work no matter what the variant is,” she said.
Miravite said discipline among residents is the key to curb the spread of the respiratory virus. “Our policies are in place, implementation is in place, we have to be disciplined and we really have to follow these minimum health standards,” she said.
Many residents are not only undisciplined, but complacent and continue to ignore the health protocols resulting in Covid-19 infections in the community. (Zamboanga Post)
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