President Duterte extends GCQ in Metro Manila, Bulacan with ‘some restrictions’ until June 30
President Rodrigo Duterte has retained the general community quarantine (GCQ) imposed in Metro Manila and its adjacent provinces or the so-called NCR Plus with certain curbs to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members prior to his talk to the people at the MalacaΓ±ang Golf (Malago) Clubhouse in MalacaΓ±ang Park, Manila on June 14, 2021. RICHARD MADELO/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO
The President approved an expert groups’ recommendation Monday retaining GCQ in Metro Manila and Bulacan with “some restrictions” from June 16 to 30.
The
rest of the NCR Plus remains under GCQ with “heightened restrictions” for the
same period.
The
chief executive announced the new quarantine classifications during his weekly
public address on the COVID-19 pandemic.
President
Duterte also announced areas that will remain under GCQ for the whole month of
June.
These
are Baguio City, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Abra, Benguet, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya,
Quirino, Batangas, Quezon, Iligan City, Davao City, Lanao del Sur, and Cotabato
City.
Meanwhile,
President Duterte placed 21 more areas under a stricter modified enhanced
community quarantine (MECQ) until June 30.
These
are the City of Santiago, Cagayan Province, Apayao, Ifugao, Bataan, Lucena
City,Puerto Princesa City, Naga City (Bicol), Iloilo City, Iloilo Province,
Negros Oriental, Zamboanga City, Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Sur,
Zamboanga del Norte, Cagayan de Oro City, Davao City, Butuan City, Agusan del
Sur, Dinagat Islands, and Surigao del Sur.
The
rest of the country will be under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ),
President Duterte said.
Spokesperson
Harry Roque, who was present during the meeting, said indoor and outdoor (al
fresco) dining in areas under MECQ will have limited seating capacity at 10
percent and 50 percent, respectively.
Venues
for outdoor sports and courts will be limited to 50 percent only, Roque added.
Personal
care services like beauty salons, barbershops, beauty parlors, nail spas are
allowed for up to 30 percent.
At
the same time, the presidential spokesperson said that indoor contact sports,
courts or venues, other indoor leisure centers or facilities, scrimmages, and
games are prohibited. Indoor and outdoor tourist attractions are also not
allowed.
For
areas under ordinary GCQ, indoor sports and venues, as well as indoor tourist
attractions will be allowed at 50 percent operational capacity. Venues for
meetings, conferences, and exhibition, will also be allowed to open at 50
percent capacity.
Personal
care services, salons, parlors, beauty clinics, could also operate at 50
percent capacity.
Religious
activities and wake services, weddings, baptism, which, under MECQ could only
operate at 10 percent capacity, are now allowed to be conducted at 30 percent
for up to 50 percent capacity, according to Roque.
The
Philippines has logged 6,426 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, putting the
country’s active cases at 59,096, the Department of Health reported. There are
1,240,112 recoveries while the total death toll is 22,845. PND
