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Dine-in restos, personal services reopen today
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is proposing a flexible Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) for the NCR Plus bubble to allow the gradual reopening of labor-intensive industries.
DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez estimates that the partial reopening of restaurants and personal care services could restore 300,000 jobs.
He emphasized that the primary goal of this recommendation is to bring back jobs while maintaining strict mobility restrictions.
Indoor dine-in restaurants and personal services are allowed to reopen at limited capacities in areas under MECQ starting May 1.
Indoor dine-in services of food preparation establishments can operate at an initial venue or seating capacity of 10 percent.
Beauty salons, beauty parlors, barbershops, and nail spas can operate at an initial venue or seating capacity of 30 percent, provided face masks are worn at all times.
The reopening of these sectors aims to restore jobs, ease economic burdens, and address joblessness, poverty, and hunger without compromising COVID-19 safety.
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