The local government of Caloocan City will implement starting Wednesday a color-coded quarantine pass scheme for residents going to markets and supermarkets.
Mayor Oca Malapitan made the announcement during a flag ceremony on Monday in response to the surge in the number of the city's new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, which already reached 370.
According to the local government, residents with orange quarantine pass will only be allowed to go to the markets and supermarkets from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and from 5 a.m. -- 1:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Residents with green quarantine pass will be allowed to enter markets and supermarkets from 5 a.m. - 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, and from 1:31 p.m. -- 8 p.m. on Sunday.
Those with white quarantine passes will be allowed depending on the nature and schedule of their work, the local government added.
Curfew hours from 10 p.m. -- 4 a.m. will also be enforced. Only workers going to work or home are exempted.
Malapitan also issued Executive Order No. 009-2021, "encouraging the use" of StaySafe.PH system as the "official contact tracing system in public and private establishments" in the city.
Under the order, all owners or operators of public and private establishments, such as workplaces, churches, hotels and markets in the city are encouraged "to immediately adopt and implement the StaySafe.PH system for logging, recording, and monitoring the persons entering their premises."
Owners or operators are also expected to provide and install devices that will scan StaySafe.PH-generated QR (quick response) code of residents who must also have the application downloaded on their mobile phones.