Sectors Allowed to Operate During the ECQ and GCQ
Presidential Spokesperson Secretary Harry Roque, Jr. shares the list of sectors that are allowed and not allowed to operate once the new normal, or the General Community Quarantine commences in some areas, in a press briefing held at the New Executive Building held today, April 28, 2020. This is along with the announcement of areas that will extend Enhanced Community Quarantine status until May 15, 2020, which includes Benguet and Baguio City.
The list is according to the recommendation of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and may be subject to changes once the official GCQ guidelines are released.
Sectors Allowed to Operate in both ECQ and GCQ
The following sectors are allowed to operate in both ECQ and GCQ areas:
Sectors | Allowed in ECQ | Allowed in GCQ |
Agriculture and Fisheries, and its entire value chain, including manufacturing of feeds and fertilizers and pesticides | Yes | Yes |
Manufacturing and Processing Plants and the entire value chain (raw materials, inputs, including packaging)
of Basic Food Products, Essential Products, Medicine and Medical supplies: – All Food; |
Yes | Yes |
Services
Sectors | Allowed in ECQ | Allowed in GCQ |
Hospitals and Medical Clinics | Yes | Yes |
Dental and EENT Clinics (with strict health standards) | Yes | Yes |
Retail Establishments (Groceries, Supermarkets, Hypermarkets, Convenience Stores, Public Markets, Pharmacies and Drug Stores | Yes | Yes |
Telecommunications companies, internet service providers, cable television providers, including those who perform indirect services such as the technical, sales, and other support personnel, as well as the employees of their third-party contractors doing sales, installation, maintenance and repair works | Yes** | Yes |
Housing Service Activities | Yes** | Yes |
Energy companies, their third-party contractors and service providers, including employes involved in electric transmission and distribution companies, electric power plant and line maintenance, electricity market and retail suppliers, as well as those involved in the exploration, operations, trading and delivery of coal, oil, crude or petroleum and by-products (gasoline, diesel, liquefied petroleum gas, jet oil, kerosene, lubricants), including refineries and depots or any kind of fuel used to produce electricity | Yes** | Yes |
Employment activities (such as recruitment and placement, for essential activities) | Yes** | Yes |
Construction workers accredited by DPWH to work on facilities identified for purposes of quarantine and isolation, including such facilities for the health sector, emergency works, flood control, and other disaster risk reduction and rehabilitation works | Yes** | Yes |
Electronic Commerce Companies | Yes** | Yes |
Food preparations and Water Refilling Stations | Yes | Yes |
Logistics Service Providers (Cargo handling, Warehousing, Trucking, Freight Forwarding, and Shipping Line) | Yes | Yes |
Delivery Services, whether or not e-commerce platform, in-house or outsourced, transporting only food, water, medicine, pet food, hardware products, or other basic necessities | Yes | Yes |
Banks, Capital Markets, per section 5 of IATF Resolution No. 13 dated March 17, 2020 | Yes | Yes |
Power, Energy, Water, IT and Telecommunications Supplies and Facilities, Waste Disposal Services; Technical Services to above utilities | Yes | Yes |
Electricity, Gas, Steam, and Air Conditioning Supply | Yes | Yes |
Postal and Courier Activities | Yes | Yes |
Water Collection, Treatment and Supply | Yes | Yes |
Waste Collection, Treatment and Disposal Activities; Expect Materials Recovery (Junk Shop) | Yes | Yes |
Sewerage (except emptying of septic tanks) | Yes | Yes |
Veterinary Activities | Yes | Yes |
Repair and Installation of Machinery and Equipment | Yes | Yes |
Repair of Computers and Personal and Household Goods | Yes | Yes |
Services to Buildings and Landscape Activities (except landscape care) | Yes | Yes |
Employment Activities (manpower services for essential activities) | Yes** | Yes** |
Security and Investigation Activities | Yes | Yes |
Programming and Broadcasting Activities | Yes | Yes |
Rental and Leasing Activities (except for entertainment and gathering purposes) | Yes | Yes |
Accommodation only for the following:
|
Yes** | Yes** |
Extraction of Crude petroleum and Natural Gas | Yes | Yes |
Gasoline Station | Yes | Yes |
Laundry Shops (including self-service) | Yes | Yes |
Funeral Services | Yes | Yes |
NOTE: ** – newly included in DTI Memorandum Circular No. 20-22
Export
Sectors | Allowed in ECQ | Allowed in GCQ |
Export Companies (with temporary accommodation and shuttle services; Work from Home) | Yes | Yes |
Business Processing Outsourcing Companies (with temporary accommodations and shuttle services; Work from Home) | Yes** | Yes |
Mining and Quarrying | Yes | Yes |
NOTE: ** – newly included in 4/27/2020 IATF meeting
Sectors NOT Allowed to Operate in ECQ but Allowed in GCQ
The following sectors are still NOT allowed to operate in ECQ areas but are allowed to operate in GCQ areas:
Sectors | Allowed in ECQ | Allowed in GCQ |
Other Manufacturing Activities
– Beverages (non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks) |
No | Yes |
Other Services
Sectors | Allowed in ECQ | Allowed in GCQ |
Malls and Commercial Centers (include hardware stores, clothing and accessories, and non-leisure stores) | No (only banks, supermarkets, and hardware stores) | Yes (limited opening hours) |
Other Financial Services such as Money Exchange, Insurance, Reinsurance, and Pension Funding, except Compulsory Social Security | No | Yes** |
Management Consultancy Activities | No | Yes** |
Computer Programming (such as writing, modifying, testing and supporting software, planning and designing computer systems), information service activities (such as data processing and hosting activities) and other related activities | No | Yes** |
Other activities such as photography services; fashion, industrial, graphic, and interior design | No | Yes** |
Other non-leisure wholesale and retail establishments and activities:
|
No | Yes** |
Essential public and private construction projects, such as but not limited to sewerage, water services facilities, and digital works, and health facilities, and priority projects | No | Yes** |
Barbershops, salons, spas, and other personal care industries | No | Yes (with strict health standards) can change tomorrow |
Wholesale and Retail trade and repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles | No | Yes |
Forestry and Logging | No | Yes |
Publishing Activities | No | Yes |
Motion Picture, Video and Television Program Production, Sound Recording, and Music Publishing Activities | No | Yes |
Advertising and Market Research | No | Yes |
Real Estate Activities (For GCQ, include leasing, buying, selling, subdividing, appraising, and development of cemetery and columbarium) | (Leasing allowed) | Yes** |
Office Administrative, Office Support, and Other Business Activities | No | Yes |
Legal and Accounting | No | Yes |
Insurance, Reinsurance, and Pension Funding, except Compulsory Social Security | No | Yes |
Architecture and Engineering Activities; Technical Testing and Analysis | No | Yes |
Scientific and Research Development | No | Yes |
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Activities | No | Yes |
Social Work Activities without accommodation | No | Yes |
Government office – Frontline offices | No (skeletal force only) | Yes (all government offices) |
NOTE: ** – newly included in DTI Memorandum Circular No. 20-22
Sectors NOT Allowed to Operate in both ECQ and GCQ
The following sectors are NOT allowed to operate in ECQ and GCQ areas:
Sectors | Allowed in ECQ | Allowed in GCQ |
Gyms/ Fitness studios and sports facilities | No | No |
Entertainment industries such as but not limited to:
– Theaters; |
No | No |
Business-related mass gatherings, including but not limited to:
– Trade shows; |
No | No |
Libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural center art galleries, botanical and zoological gardens | No | No |
Sports-related mass gatherings, including but not limited to:
– Trainings; |
No | No |
Politically-related mass gatherings, including but not limited to:
– Election rallies; |
No | No |
Gambling and Betting Activities such as but not limited to:
– Cockfighting |
No | No |
Travel Agencies, tour operators, reservation service and related activities | No | No |
Tourist destinations such as but not limited to: – Water parks – Beaches – Resorts (except those used as quarantine facility) |
No | No |
Kids amusement industries such as but not limited to: – Toy Stores – Playgrounds – Playrooms – Rides |
No | No |
Any other amusement, leisure, gaming, and tourism establishments that promote mass gathering | No | No |
Activities of Member Organizations | No | No |
Personal Care Services such as: – Massage Parlors – Sauna bath establishments – Facial Care – Foot Spa – Waxing Salons |
No | No |
Source: PCOO, Department of Trade and Industry