Metro Manila will return to lockdown mode from August 6 to 20, with a period of additional restrictions the week before, to prepare for a possible surge in COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variant.
This was announced by Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque on Friday, July 30, in a televised address.
The schedule of new restrictions is as follows:
Banks; veterinarian clinics; telecommunications; dental, optometry, and other medical clinics; power and energy; internet services; water and sanitation services; teachers; certain legal services can operate with a skeletal workforce. Public transportation will be suspended. However, Roque said it's possible for the transportation department to allow limited use of public transportation.
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The stricter GCQ period triggers the following additional restrictions:
This was announced by Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque on Friday, July 30, in a televised address.
The schedule of new restrictions is as follows:
- General Community Quarantine (GCQ) with heightened and additional restrictions - July 30 to August 5
- Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) - August 6 to 20
Banks; veterinarian clinics; telecommunications; dental, optometry, and other medical clinics; power and energy; internet services; water and sanitation services; teachers; certain legal services can operate with a skeletal workforce. Public transportation will be suspended. However, Roque said it's possible for the transportation department to allow limited use of public transportation.
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The stricter GCQ period triggers the following additional restrictions:
- Dining in restaurants is prohibited, only take-out and delivery allowed (Operations of restaurants on July 30 allowed to continue until end of business hours)
- Only 30% capacity in personal care services establishments allowed
- Only authorized persons can travel out of NCR Plus (Metro Manila plus Cavite, Rizal, Bulacan, Laguna)
- Indoor sports venues and indoor tourist attractions must close
- Only 30% capacity in outdoor tourism attractions allowed
- Physical religious gatherings not allowed, virtual only
- Wakes, funerals, necrological services allowed, only for immediate family members
- Public transportation allowed
