DAVAO CITY—Despite the start of the vaccination drive in the city, Mayor Sara Duterte ordered the regulation of wakes and burials to stop the spread of SARS Cov2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in the city.
Executive Order No. 11, which the mayor signed on Wednesday (March 10), regulates the operations of funeral parlors, cemeteries, memorial parks and columbaria until the lifting of the state of calamity that had been declared nationwide because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In her EO, Duterte cited the need to regulate wakes and burials to avoid mass gatherings, which medical experts identified as a major source of virus transmission in the city.
“There is a need to regulate wakes an…
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