Local governments units (LGUs) restricting the movement of unvaccinated residents are also ordered to create an inventory of those vaccinated and not, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said.
Aside from the National Capital Region (NCR), other LGUs also passed ordinances limiting the movement of unvaccinated individuals, according to DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya.
Barangays in these areas are tasked with conducting an inventory of vaccinated and unvaccinated to be submitted monthly to the local DILG office.
“First step is for them to do an inventory, DILG has already issued a directive to the barangays to conduct an inventory of the vaccinated in the barangays and the unvaccinated. They are supposed to prepare this on a monthly basis and submit to the DILG field office in their area,” he told ANC’s Headstart.
“The guidance of Secretary (Eduardo) Año to them and the President also is
to request those (unvaccinated) individuals in a courteous manner to stay at home… The reason is if you’re unvaccinated you are prone to hospitalization, critical illness and maybe even death and the second reason is we don’t want to overwhelm our healthcare system,” he added.
LGUs creating inventory of vaxxed, unvaccinated residents
“Only if they refuse, only if they have been violating this several times only then can an arrest be made. There are fines for first, second and third offenses, and there are penalties that require a prison term at the discretion of the court.”
Malaya added gatherings inside a home should be limited to household members under Alert Level 3.
“Let’s not do non-essential activities first. Kung magiinuman lang naman sa kalsada, wag muna nating gawin yun,” he said.
(If we will just drink along the roads, let’s not do that right now.)
Malaya said Metro Manila would be placed under Alert level 4 if it meets the high healthcare utilization rate, high average daily attack rate, and high 2-week growth rate.
“Because of the expanded vaccination, wherein we have more than 100 percent of individuals vaccinated, we’re not yet at the high level of (healthcare) utilization,” he said.
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