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KyusiPass contact tracing app now required in Quezon City


Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Friday ordered the use of the KyusiPass digital contact tracing app for business establishment employees and consumers.

The directive was among the revised guidelines for the city under general community quarantine (GCQ), based on issuances by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

"As far as practicable, all business establishments in QC must use our Kyusi Pass app to make contact tracing easier and faster for early detection of the virus,” Belmonte said.

KyusiPass is powered by SafePass.

Belmonte earlier said each individual, with a valid mobile number who is residing, working, or doing business in Quezon City, is required to get a personal QR code.

She said they could register by signing up on the SafePass website, SafePass Facebook chatbot, and even through SMS.

The mayor directed business establishments to secure their own QR code from the Business Permits and Licensing Department.

Meanwhile, establishments relying on manual contact tracing must urge customers to bring their own pens, the local government unit said.

"Digital copies of these logs should be readily available to the City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (CESU) for any given time should contact tracing be necessary," it added.

Cinemas, video and game arcades

Meanwhile, indoor cinemas, video and game arcades and theme parks, and funfairs will remain closed in QC despite the DTI's earlier memo allowing the opening of movie houses in GCQ areas starting March 5.

“We are very alarmed by the latest spike in cases and we will not allow this surge to continue. We do not want to experience the ordeal of having all our hospitals overwhelmed by patients, so we will employ all means to stop it,” Belmonte explained.

Further matters

Other directives in effect in QC are:

Persons aged 15-65 years old are allowed to go out. Those not within this age group may be allowed to leave their residences only for indispensable reasons.

Mass gatherings are still prohibited except for essential work, government, humanitarian or religious service subject to minimum health protocols. 

Passengers in public utility vehicles should seat themselves with adequate distance — one seat apart.

Wakes at home are not allowed.

Libraries, museums, cultural centers, internet cafes, computer shops at least 30 meters in size are allowed to operate subject to minimum health standards.

Time-based restrictions on liquor sales have been lifted. 

Drinking outdoors or on sidewalks is still not allowed.

Open-air parks may operate for non-contact activities such as jogging, badminton, and others but health and safety protocols must be observed.

Beer houses, nightclubs, videoke/KTV bars, daycare centers and playhouses will remain closed.

As of Saturday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city reached 33,677. Of this number, 31,102 have recovered while 853 died.

 

Nasa 92% o 31,102 na ang gumaling mula sa #COVID19PH sa Quezon City. Ayon sa QC Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance...

Posted by Quezon City Government on Saturday, March 6, 2021

 

The National Capital Region and nine other areas were placed under GCQ this March. —KG, GMA News

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