Modified IATF guidelines allow some businesses’ full ops By Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos
MANILA – The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has revised the guidelines for the nationwide community quarantine to allow more businesses to operate at full capacity. The revisions were adopted by the IATF-EID through its Resolution 38 inked on May 22, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a press statement on Saturday.
Private establishments involved in the provision of essential goods and services, media establishments, establishments offering utility relocation work and specified limited works are allowed to operate at a maximum of 50 percent in areas under ECQ and at full IATF-EID Resolution 38, which capacity in places under MECQ and contains the fresh guidelines, authorizes GCQ, according to the fresh guidelines the full operation of public or private issued by the IATF-EID. hospitals; health and emergency frontline services; and manufacturers of Medical, dental, rehabilitation, medicines, medical supplies, devices and optometry clinics; pharmacies and and equipment in areas under drug stores; veterinary clinics; banks enhanced community quarantine and money transfer services; capital (ECQ), modified ECQ (MECQ), and markets, water supply, and sanitation general community quarantine (GCQ). services and facilities; energy and power The IATF-EID also allows industries firms; telecommunications companies; airline and aircraft maintenance can involved in agriculture, forestry, and also resume partial operations in ECQ fishery, as well as those rendering zones and full operations in MECQ GCQ delivery and courier services that zones. are transporting food, medicine and other essential goods to operate at The IATF-EID also allows partial full capacity in ECQ, MECQ and GCQ operations in ECQ areas and full zones. operations in MECQ and GCQ areas
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