These new regulations will apply to all parts of the country, including San Pedro. They are still being finalised at this hour and the final list of what is essential and what is non essential has not been circulated.
But, for those who qualify as essential services, how will they get around during this time without police threatening to lock them down for 30 days? The chart of the COVID-19 task force explained the provision for passes:
Judith Alpuche, Head, COVID-19 Nat'l Task Force
"Also in terms of some of the operations of passes. So how do the security forces ensure that the people on the street particularly during curfew are the ones that are authorized to be there. Just because you are employed by some service doesn't mean that you should be on the streets. In terms of the passes etc., that will authorized and help to identify them to the security forces who will be enforcing - that's something that is being worked on very diligently by the ministry of labor leading the charge there and those will be issued by the EOC."
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