Discrimination against frontliners is now punishable by law.
The 19th City Council passed an ordinance on Wednesday prohibiting any form of harassment, discrimination, prejudice or inflicting any shame or humiliation against frontline workers, confirmed infected patients, persons under monitoring (PUMs), persons under investigation (PUIs) and close contacts during this state of public health emergency.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of the said Ordinance shall be punished by a fine of P5,000 and/or imprisonment for not more than one year.
The council also passed an ordinance instituting the Davao City COVID-19 Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) policies. The said ordinance is a compilation of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) guidelines and all the executive orders on COVID-19 issued by Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio.
Both ordinances were proposed by councilor Mabel Sunga-Acosta.
