By Jhon Aldrin Casinas The Mandaluyong City government will conduct rapid testing on the city's 1,000 jeepney drivers. Jimmy Isidro, city public information officer, said the conduct of rapid testing on jeepney drivers is part of the preparations being undertaken by the city in case jeepneys will be allowed to resume operation. Mayor Carmelita Abalos said drivers who will test positive in the rapid testing will immediately undergo a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) confirmatory test. They will also be placed under a 14-day quarantine. “No test, no trips pa rin ang policy natin sa kanila dahil ito ay para sa kaligtasan nila at ng mga pasahero (No test, no trips is still our policy for them as it is for their safety as well as their passengers),” Abalos said. Although some modes of public transport are now allowed to resume limited operations, the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Infectious Disease still prohibits jeepneys from plying the streets. Authorities had earlier said that it would be difficult to monitor if passengers in jeepneys are observing physical distancing. According to the city government, the mayor had a meeting with the officials of jeepney drivers and operators associations in the city last week. During the meeting, Abalos informed them of the planned mass testing. She also laid out some of the guidelines that jeepney drivers and operators should follow once they are allowed to resume their operations. The local government previously subjected all tricycle drivers in the city to rapid testing as part of the requirement for the resumption of their limited operations.