Just like in all areas under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), the Quezon City government cautioned its citizens and business owners that salons and aesthetic clinics are not allowed to operate yet at least until April 30, 2021.
What Quezon City did not stop though are its vaccination rollout and distribution of financial assistance.
Mayor Joy Belmonte, who recently recovered from her second bout with Covid-19, visited some vaccination sites on Monday, like the Skydome of SM North Edsa which accommodated senior citizens (A2) and those with comorbidities aged 18 to 59 years (A3).
The Quezon City Police District also began vaccinating its A2 and A3 members.
The QC government, on its Facebook page, reminded that based on the Inter-Agency Task Force omnibus guidelines issued to local government units, “industries and establishments that remain prohibited under MECQ are entertainment venues, recreational venues, amusement or theme parks, outdoor sports courts, indoor sports courts, casinos, outdoor tourist attractions, venues for meetings, and indoor dine-in services”.
“With the shift to MECQ in the National Capital Region Plus that includes Rizal, Bulacan, Cavite, and Laguna, the city government will still be strictly implementing the imposed minimum health and safety protocols,” Belmonte said in a statement.
Public and private hospitals and clinics, healthcare providers, medical manufacturers, delivery of essential goods, grocery stores, drugstores, hardware, construction activities, business process outsourcing, and public transportation can operate at full capacity.
Allowed to operate with 50 percent of workforce are media establishments and their permanent staff, including reporters and field employees.
Al fresco or outdoor dining is likewise allowed at 50 percent capacity.
Persons below 18 years old and above 65 years old, with immunodeficiency or comorbidities, and pregnant women can go out only for essential goods and services.
“QC will follow the age restrictions agreed upon by the Metro Manila mayors,” Belmonte said. (PNA)
