SEN. Pilar Juliana Cayetano has called on the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to exempt cyclists from the mandatory wearing of face shields, saying the transparent head gear could cause accidents.
Blue for bike Personnel of the Department of Public Works and Highways install barriers to separate the bike along Taft Avenue in Manila. Bike lanes had been set up in other major roads in Manila such as Quirino Avenue, UN Avenue and Roxas Boulevard for the safety of the growing number of bikers. Photo by Mike Alquinto
Cayetano, a former national athlete and a triathlete, issued the call after the IATF-EID required the public to wear face masks and shields “whenever they go out of their residences.”