What’s allowed and what’s not allowed under Alert Level 2

The IATF has relaxed Metro Manila's quarantine status to Alert Level 2, down from Alert Level 3, from November 5 until November 21, 2021.

New Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) guidelines published November 4, 2021 allows several services and activities under Alert Level 2, with limits.

Allowed

1. Intrazonal and interzonal movement. LGUS may impose reasonable restrictions, but these cannot be stricter than those in higher alert levels.

2. Individual outdoor exercises for all ages, regardless of comorbidities or vaccination status.

3. These establishments and activities, at 50% capacity indoors for fully vaccinated adults (and minors, even if unvaccinated) and 70% capacity outdoors:

• Venues for meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE);
• Permitted venues for social events such as parties, wedding receptions, engagement parties, wedding anniversaries, debut and birthday parties, family reunions, and bridal or baby showers;
• Visitor or tourist attractions such as libraries, archives, museums, galleries, exhibits, parks, plazas, public gardens, scenic viewpoints or overlooks, and the like;
• Amusement parks or theme parks;
• Recreational venues such as internet cafes, billiard halls, amusement arcades, bowling alleys, skating rinks, archery halls, swimming pools, and similar venues;
• Cinemas and movie houses;
• Limited face-to-face or in-person classes for basic education subject to prior approval of the Office of the President;
• Limited face-to-face or in-person classes for higher education and for technical-vocational education and training;
• In-person religious gatherings; gatherings for necrological services, wakes, inurnment, and funerals for those who died of causes other than COVID-19 and for the cremains of the COVID-19 deceased;
• Licensure or entrance/qualifying examinations administered by their respective government agency, and specialty examinations authorized by the IATF subject to the health and safety guidelines as approved by the IATF;
• Dine-in services of food preparation establishments such as kiosks, commissaries, restaurants, and eateries, subject to DTI sector-specific protocols;
• Personal care establishments such as barbershops, hair spas, hair salons, and nail spas, and those offering aesthetic/cosmetic services or procedures, make-up services, salons, spas, reflexology, and other similar procedures including home service options, subject to the sector-specific protocols of the DTI
• Fitness studios, gyms, and venues for individual non-contact exercise and sports, subject to DTI sector-specific protocols. Provided that patrons/clients and workers/employees wear face masks at all times and that no group activities are conducted;
• Film, music, and television production subject to the joint guidelines as may be issued by the DTI, DOLE, and the DOH;
• Contact sports approved by the LGU where such games shall be held
• Funfairs/peryas or kid amusement industries such as playgrounds, playroom, and kiddie rides;
• Venues with live voice or wind-instrument performers and audiences such as in karaoke bars, clubs, concert halls, and theaters; and
• Gatherings in residences with individuals not belonging to the same household.

4. Government work may operate at 50% on-site capacity while applying work-from-home and other flexible work arrangements.

Not allowed

Casinos, horse racing, cockfighting and the operation of cockpits, lottery and betting shops and other gaming establishments are still not allowed under Alert level 2, except if authorized by the IATF or the Office of the President.  — BM, GMA News