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MANILA, Philippines – Quezon City local government proposes to implement a “transition period” to a less stringent general community quarantine (GCQ) after May 15, saying the coronavirus disease pandemic had negatively affected the economy from the city.
“While the health of our residents remains our top priority, we must also take care of the local economy, which has been severely affected by the dreaded virus,” Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said in a statement on Friday. .
Belmonte said the proposal will be discussed during a Metro Manila mayors meeting on closure measures on Saturday.
The transition period will impose strict “new normal” protocols for businesses if Quezon City is placed under GCQ after the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) lift next week.
“The necessary preventive measures must be implemented and the health and safety of workers and customers must be guaranteed before allowing them to operate again,” Belmonte said.
Assistant City Manager for Operations Alberto Kimpo said companies must constantly check the health conditions of all employees, allow testing and quarantine of workers if necessary and require thermal scanning, social distancing and disinfection at work place.
Kimpo also noted that apart from medical facilities, facilities will not be able to operate 24 hours a day to allow them to regularly disinfect their workplaces.
The Quezon city government will also order companies to schedule a one-day shutdown to make way for disinfection and sanitation activities.
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) said the GCQ will allow more businesses to operate in addition to those offering essential services. This includes shopping malls, shopping malls, hairdressers, salons, spas, wholesale and retail trade, automotive vehicle repair shops, among others.
At the time of publication, the Quezon City Health Department documented 1,156 cases of COVID-19, including 337 recoveries and 134 deaths.
The city government currently has three hospitals and 30 private and national health centers to help curb the spread of the coronavirus disease.
/ MUF
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