Store owner Sato Laxa and his family wait for customers at their lantern shop along Granada street in Barangay Valencia, Quezon City on Sept. 29, 2021. Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News/File
MANILA (2nd UPDATE) — Metro Manila's 13 million people will shift to a looser quarantine level starting this weekend, government said on Wednesday, as COVID-19 infections eased.
The inter-agency task force on COVID-19 approved the recommendation to place the capital region under Alert Level 3 from Oct. 16 to 31, down from Alert Level 4 first imposed on Sept. 16, Malacañang and IATF spokesman Harry Roque said.
Some business groups earlier urged government to downgrade Metro Manila's alert level due to rising vaccination rates and lower cases of COVID-19.-
The IATF said the following activities or establishments shall be allowed at up to 30 percent of indoor venue capacity for fully vaccinated individuals and up to 50 percent outdoor capacity.
This screenshot of IATF guidelines shows a list of activities allowed under Alert Level 3.
The following activities or establishments shall remain prohibited, said the task force.
This screenshot of IATF guidelines shows a list of curbs under Alert Level 3.
OUTSIDE METRO MANILA
The inter-agency task force also approved the following quarantine classifications for other areas, Roque said.
MODIFIED ENHANCED COMMUNITY QUARANTINE
Luzon
- Apayao
- Kalinga
- Batanes
- Bulacan
- Bataan
- Cavite
- Rizal
- Laguna
- Naga City
Mindanao
- Zamboanga City
- Zamboanga del Norte
GENERAL COMMUNITY QUARANTINE WITH HEIGHTENED RESTRICTIONS
Luzon
- Abra
- Baguio City
- Ilocos Sur
- Pangasinan
- Cagayan
- Isabela
- City of Santiago
- Nueva Vizcaya
- Quirino
- Quezon
- Batangas
Visayas
- Bacolod City
- Capiz
- Lapu-Lapu City
- Negros Oriental
- Bohol
Mindanao
- Zamboanga del Sur
- Misamis Oriental
- Cagayan de Oro City
- Davao del Norte
- Davao Occidental
- Davao de Oro
- Butuan City
- Surigao del Sur
GENERAL COMMUNITY QUARANTINE
Luzon
- Ilocos Norte
- Dagupan City
- Ifugao
- Benguet
- Tarlac
- Lucena City
- Occidental Mindoro
- Oriental Mindoro
- Puerto Princesa
- Marinduque
- Albay
- Camarines Norte
Visayas
- Aklan
- Antique
- Guimaras
- Negros Occidental
- Iloilo City
- Iloilo Province
- Cebu City
- Cebu Province
- Mandaue City
- Siquijor
- Tacloban City
Mindanao
- Zamboanga Sibugay
- Misamis Occidental
- Iligan City
- Davao City
- Davao Oriental
- Davao del Sur
- General Santos City
- Sultan Kudarat
- Sarangani
- North Cotabato
- South Cotabato
- Agusan del Norte
- Agusan del Sur
- Surigao del Norte
- Dinagat Islands
- Cotabato City
- Lanao del Sur
All other areas shall be placed under Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ).
"This latest risk-level classification shall take effect beginning October 16, 2021 until October 31, 2021," added Roque.
Fighting one of Asia's worst COVID-19 outbreaks, the Philippines has tallied some 2.6 million overall infections and at least 39,896 deaths.
At least 23.5 million of the country's 109 million people were fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus as of Tuesday.