Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 9) — The country’s COVID-19 inter-agency task force is now considering the reopening of gyms, Health spokesperson Maria Rosario Vergeire announced in a media forum on Tuesday.
Vergeire said this will be part of the task force’s agenda in their meeting on Wednesday, June 9. She also asked fitness studio owners to submit their own recommendations on how they could enforce health protocols to protect clients and staff once they reopen for business.
Gyms remain closed in areas under general community quarantine such as Metro Manila, Pangasinan, provinces in Regions 2, 3, 4-A, and 7, Davao City, and Zamboanga City. All other areas are under modified GCQ, where fitness establishments are permitted to operate at 50 percent capacity.
Quarantine rules may be further relaxed or even lifted in most provinces starting June 16 as authorities see a sustained decline in the number of COVID-19 infections, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Monday.
Roque added that the COIVD-19 situation in Metro Manila is different from the rest of the country, and that closer examination is still required needed to determine if NCR can shift to modified GCQ by next week.
