Published December 30, 2020, 4:42 PM
DAVAO CITY – The local government here has discouraged offices and business establishments from asking visitors to fill out contact-tracing forms and logbooks, urging them to completely shift to the Safe Davao QR (DQR) for a more efficient contact-tracing system.
Davao City Human Resource Management Office Head Lemuel Ortonio, who leads the implementation of the DQR system, said that although it has yet to fully implement the digital contact-tracing system, offices and business establishments have been encouraged to already use the DQR.
He said the use of the “traditional pen and paper” should be the last resort.
Ortonio said that only offices and business establishments are currently allowed to scan the DQR codes of individuals, pending approval from tech giants Google and Apple for the use of the DQR’s software application that will enable individuals to scan the DQR codes of offices and business establishments through their sma
Published December 22, 2020, 11:54 AM
DAVAO CITY – To help the business community recover from the onslaught of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic next year, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte has assured that the local government of Davao will avoid constantly changing the implementation of health protocols to avoid confusion and the disruption of the economy.
Mayor Sara Duterte (Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN)
Duterte, in an interview over Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR 87.5), assured local businesses that the enforcement of health regulations will be more stable as changing them arbitrarily could be “disastrous to businesses.”
She said a city-wide lockdown will be a last-ditch effort to contain the outbreak.