COMMISSIONED shuttle services have just been given the green light to increase their passenger capacity.
In a statement of reporters, presidential spokesperson Atty. Harry Roque said the shuttle services for employees of permitted offices or establishments may adopt a one-seat-apart arrangement or a full seating capacity.
However, Roque hinted on the need for commissioned shuttle operators to provide the necessary dividers and other health and safety measures inside the vehicle.
Roquie likewise relayed an Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) directive to the Department of Labor and the Department of Trade and Industries for the issuance of appropriate advisories for the enforcement and monitoring of the health and safety protocols in private shuttles.
“Private establishments are enjoined to commission their own shuttle services for the benefit of their own employees,” the IATF said in a resolution approved on Thursday.
Sometime last month, the Cabinet cluster in charge of formulating pandemic-related policies, approved the imposition of the one-seat-apart policy in public transport.
Commuters must observe the minimum health standards such as wearing of face masks and face shields and no talking and no eating during the trip.