16/07/2020
FYI CALABARZON REGION
GCQ NA MULI ANG LAGUNA SIMULA JULY 16
SECTION [4] GUIDELINES FOR AREAS UNDER GENERAL COMMUNITY
QUARANTINE.
Areas placed under GCQ shall observe the following protocols:
1. Minimum public health standards shall be complied with at all times for the duration of
the GCQ.
2. The movement of all persons in areas placed under GCQ shall be limited to accessing
essential goods and services, and for work in the offices or industries permitted to operate
hereunder. Provided, that movement for leisure purposes shall not be allowed.
3. Any person below twenty-one (21) years old, those who are sixty (60) years old and
above, those with immunodeficiency, comorbidity, or other health risks, and pregnant
women, including any person who resides with the aforementioned, shall be required to
remain in their residences at all times, except when indispensable under the
circumstances for obtaining essential goods and services or for work in permitted
industries and offices.
4. Work in all government offices may be at full operational capacity or under such
alternative work arrangements as agencies may deem proper in accordance with the
relevant rules and regulations issued by the Civil Service Commission (CSC). Provided
that for offices requiring employees to report physically, commissioned shuttle services
as well as point-to-point transport services may be provided.
5. Accredited diplomatic missions and international organizations may operate at fifty
percent (50%) capacity. Alternative work arrangements such as flexible work
arrangements, compressed work week, telework, and telecommuting is strongly
encouraged.
6. All permitted establishments and activities under Section 2(4) shall be allowed to operate
or be undertaken at full operational capacity. In addition, the following sectors or
industries shall be allowed to operate at an operational capacity provided herein:
a. Category I Industries - Power, energy, water, and other utilities, agriculture,
fishery, and forestry industries, food manufacturing and food supply chain
businesses, including food retail establishments such as supermarkets, grocery
stores, and food preparation establishments insofar as take-out and delivery
services, food delivery services, health-related establishments, the logistics sector,
information technology and telecommunication companies, the media, at full
operational capacity;
b. Category II Industries - Mining and other manufacturing, and electronic
commerce companies, as well as other delivery, repair and maintenance, and
housing and office services, at anywhere between fifty percent (50%) up to full
operational capacity, and without prejudice to work-from-home and other
alternative work arrangements; and
c. Category III Industries - Financial services, legal and accounting, and auditing
services, professional, scientific, technical, and other non-leisure services,
barbershops and salons limited to basic hair cutting services and other non-leisure wholesale and retail establishments, from skeleton workforce to fifty percent
(50%) operational capacity, and without prejudice to work-from-home and other
alternative work arrangements.
The foregoing lists of sectors and industries per category are illustrative. Specific
industries under each category are reflected in a separate document issued by the
DTI which shall contain the updated guidelines to implement the gradual increase
of operational capacity without diminution of the current operational capacity
previously allowed. (As amended by Paragraph B(2)(c) of IATF Resolution No.
41, May 29, 2020)
7. Limited operations in malls and shopping centers shall be allowed, except for leisure
establishments and services which shall continue to be closed. Provided, that
establishments and services allowed to operate in malls and shopping centers may only
operate at a capacity consistent with Section 2(4) of these Omnibus Guidelines. Provided,
further, those below twenty-one (21) years old, and those sixty (60) years old and above
and those with immunodeficiency, comorbidity, or other health risks, and pregnant
women, including any person who resides with the aforementioned, may not enter malls
and shopping centers except when indispensable under the circumstances for obtaining
essential goods and services or for work in establishments located therein until otherwise
modified through subsequent issuances of the IATF. Provided, finally, that operations of
malls and shopping centers are subject to the guidelines of the DTI.
8. All public and private construction projects shall be allowed, but with strict compliance
to the construction safety guidelines issued by the DPWH for the implementation of
infrastructure projects during the COVID-19 pandemic.
9. Amusement, gaming, and fitness establishments, as well as those in the kids and the
tourism industries, and all Category IV industries may not operate. Industries in
Category IV are reflected in the DTI issuance mentioned above.