On her Twitter account, actress-entrepreneur Jennylyn Mercado reacted to the decision of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to ease social distancing.
Jennylyn jokingly tweeted with netizens about bringing her own ruler. It was so that she can measure the 0.75M minimum requirement for physical distancing.
Bessies Pagandahan nilang ng ruler pag nagcommute…🙃 https://t.co/20SHIWf9pr pic.twitter.com/L2slnfHiY6
— jennylyn mercado (@MercadoJen) September 15, 2020
DOTr submitted new guidelines on reduced social distancing. It was their effort to increase passenger capacity in public transportation to accommodate the public’s request.
DOTr announced that during the weekend that the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) approved their proposal.