As the Christmas season nears, Metro Manila mayors have come to a decision regarding the arrangement of Christmas parties amid the ongoing public health crisis.
According to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, Christmas parties will NOT be allowed this year across the Metro and all other areas placed under general community quarantine.
“Under GCQ bawal pa ang parties,” Secretary Año told ABS-CBN’s Teleradyo in an interview. “Ang ating NCR, nagkasundo ‘yung ating mayors na under GCQ muna tayo, magluluwag lang para makasuporta sa ekonomiya pero hindi muna mag-MGCQ. Konting tiis na lang ito.”
(“Parties are prohibited in GCQ areas [under the guidelines given by the Inter-Agency Task Force]. NCR mayors have agreed to keep it under GCQ and to ease restrictions to support the economy, but we won’t shift to MGCQ. We just have to endure it a bit longer.”)
As of October 20, Tuesday, the Philippines has recorded 359,169 COVID-19 cases with 310,303 recoveries and 6,675 deaths.
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