IATF Imposed Restrictions & Difference of ECQ To GCQ As Of April 26, 2020

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Inter-Agency Task Force On COVID-19 recently imposes some restrictions and qualifications of Enhance Community Quarantine (ECQ) to General Community Quarantine (GCQ) as of April 26, 2020 (Sunday).

Last few days ago President Duterte with the recommendations of IATF reveals the list of regions and cities that will be under the enchance community quarantine those regions with high risk and much number of patients will be extended up to May 15, 2020 extension of 15 days more.

Meanwhile, those regions with low risk and a lesser number of COVID-19 infection will be under the General Community Quarantine a much lower when it comes to restrictions compared to enhance community quarantine.

Here is the information you must need to know if your places are under both ECQ and GCQ.

ECQ VS GCQ

Category 1 under GCQ

We can see almost establishment are open specifically all services related establishments and many more (100 percent) opening.

CATERGORY 2

Some establishments where allowed to continue their operations but not all due to some concerns.

CATEGORY 3

The allowed to open in this category where only the BPO, financial services like money remittance center, some leisure and non leisure businesses.

CATEGORY 4

Stricter implementation of gatherings like churches and schools including the gaming cafe and other businesses with crowded people but it is expected to resume on September. Malls and construction work will be opened on limited hours only.

This category of GCQ will be assessed by the Local Government Unit assign in respective places and will issue what category do your city belongs.

Good news also that if the situation becomes more controllable and no more patients added up to May 16, 2020, there is a high chance that we can go back to our normal routine.

Hopefully this pandemic will end soon provided we will cooperate and stay at our home always.

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