Cops alerted on travellers with fake vax IDs
PHILIPPINE National Police chief, General Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar ordered all police units to be wary of individuals who might take advantage of the eased rules allowing interzonal travel for fully-vaccinated persons and carry fake documents for their comfort.
Presidential spokesperson Secretary Harry Roque said individuals who wish to embark on interzonal travel could present their vaccination cards, showing that they are fully-inoculated, in lieu of COVID-19 test results.
“We will coordinate and work closely with the LGUs in enforcing this latest guideline. I am directing all police offices and units to be vigilant against those travelers who might use fake documents to prove that they are fully-vaccinated,” the top cop said.
“Kung ang resulta ng RT-PCR test ay pinepeke, hindi malayong may masasamang loob na gumamit din ng pekeng vaccination documents. Hindi natin ito dapat hayaang mangyari,” he added.
Gen. Eleazar also reminded travelers to still observe minimum public health safety standards and to not be complacent.
“Doblehin pa din natin ang pag-iingat sa COVID-19. Ang pagiging fully-vaccinated ay hindi pa din lubusang garantiya na hinding-hindi na tayo puwedeng magkaroon ng COVID-19,” the PNP chief said.
“Kailangan pa din ng mahigpit na pagsunod sa ating minimum public health safety standards gaya ng pagsusuot ng face masks at face shields, social distancing at palagiang paghuhugas ng kamay,” he added.
The latest IATF resolution states that a person is considered fully-vaccinated only if it has already been two weeks or more since he or she received the second dose of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine, or two weeks since receiving a single shot of the vaccine.
