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‘No vaccination, no ride’ policy to be lifted under COVID-19 Alert Level 2: DoTr

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Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Passengers ride the EDSA Bus Carousel in Quezon City on January 26, 2022. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/01/30/20220126-covid19-transport-vaccination-md-6354.jpg"/><figcaption>Passengers ride the EDSA Bus Carousel in Quezon City on January 26, 2022. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Commuters in Metro Manila will no longer be required to present proof of their vaccination status to be able to ride public transportation beginning Tuesday, Feb. 1, an official said Sunday.</p><p>Transportation Assistant Secretary Goddes Hope Libiran said the “no vaccination, no ride” policy of the Department of Transportation is lifted once the National Capital Region (NCR) eases to Alert Level 2 status.</p><p>“Once we de-escalate to Alert Level 2, the no vaxx, no ride policy shall automatically be lifted,” Libiran told reporters.</p><p>Libiran made the statement shortly after the government announced that NCR and 7 other provinces will be under Alert Level 2 from Feb. 1 to 15.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/30/22/metro-manila-returns-to-covid-alert-2-next-week">Metro Manila back to COVID-19 Alert Level 2 starting Feb. 1</a></li></ul><p>The government implemented the &quot;no vax, no ride&quot; policy in Metro Manila nearly a month ago.</p><p>The policy was met with criticism by several groups, arguing that it was discriminatory against unvaccinated Filipinos and restricted their right of movement.</p><p>It resulted in passengers being unable to leave a Manila port due to their vaccination status.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/23/22/stranded-passengers-in-manila-port-allowed-to-travel-if">Over 100 passengers stranded in Manila port may travel home if they test negative for COVID</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1900482" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Commuters in Metro Manila will no longer be required to present proof of their vaccination status to be able to ride public transportation beginning Feb. 1, an official said.

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‘No vaccination, no ride’ policy to be lifted under COVID-19 Alert Level 2: DoTr

Anjo Bagaoisan,

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Published January 30, 2022 01:10 PM PHT

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Updated January 31, 2022 12:13 PM PHT

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