The National Capital Region will remain under modified enhanced community quarantine.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced that the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF) decided to defer the pilot implementation of the General Community Quarantine (GCQ) with Alert Levels System in Metro Manila.
"Metro Manila’s current risk classification as Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) shall be maintained until September 15, 2021, or until the pilot GCQ with Alert Level System is implemented, whichever comes first," Roque said on Tuesday, September 7, in a press release.
Roque added that indoor and al-fresco dine-in services, along with personal care services including beauty salons, beauty parlors and nail spas will remain prohibited during the extended implementation of MECQ.
Religious services will also be limited to online video recording and transmission.
"Meanwhile, immediate family members are allowed to attend necrological services, wakes, inurnment and funerals as long as the deceased died of non-COVID-19 causes," Roque said.
"However, they need to show satisfactory proof of their relationship with the deceased and have to comply with the minimum public health standards," the Palace official added.
Earlier, Roque said that Metro Manila will downgrade to general community quarantine status starting Wednesday, September 8, until September 30.
Roque said that Metro Manila will also serve as the pilot area for the implementation of localized or granular lockdowns.
