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People between the ages of 15 and 60 will now be allowed to leave their homes in areas that are still under community quarantine.
In a press release, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said that the Interagency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) decided to allow adjusting the age group of those exempted from home quarantine from 15 to 65 years through its Resolution 79, 2020 Series “Based on Science and Hard Data”.
Citing “global experiences,” he said young people are unlikely to suffer from serious illness due to Covid-19.
As for those over 60, he said the IATF chose to exempt them from home quarantine as some of them are still working.
Before the new resolution, only people between the ages of 21 and 60 were allowed to leave their homes, provided they did not have immunodeficiency, comorbidity, health risks or pregnancy.
Roque, however, noted that local government units (LGUs) may impose a higher age limit for minors, depending on the Covid-19 situation in their respective jurisdictions.
The IATF made the decision as part of the government’s attempts to increase business operations in the country.
In the same resolution, the IATF also issued guidelines for interzonal and intrazonal movement.
Interzonal is the movement of people, goods, and services between provinces, highly urbanized cities, and independent component cities under a different community quarantine classification.
Meanwhile, intrazonal movement, refers to the movement of people, goods and services between provinces, highly urbanized cities and independent component cities under the same community quarantine classification, without passing through an area placed in a different classification.
Roque said the IATF now also classifies returning, or repatriated OFWs as Authorized Persons outside of their Residences.
