Brown continued, "There was no handshakes, there was no shared handheld microphones the way there might have normally been. Caritos said the Comelec set up isolation polling places (IPPs) in all voting centers where voters with fever and coughs voted. "So basically this is the voting place for voters who are sick." It should be noted that the House of Representatives wanted to remove this from the process since it might prolong the voting procedure. "Inside the voting center we saw plastic barriers to prevent transmission of aerosol or to prevent voters from talking to each other.

Source: Manila Times October 09, 2021 13:52 UTC