A TOP Palace official said the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) deferred the pilot implementation of the General Community Quarantine (GCQ) with Alert Levels System in the National Capital Region (NCR).
Thus, NCR will remain under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) status until September 15, 2021, or until the pilot GCQ with Alert Level System is implemented, whichever comes first, according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque.
This means indoor and al-fresco dine-in services and personal care services, including beauty salons, beauty parlors and nail spas are still prohibited.
Religious services, on the other hand, performed through online video recording and transmission shall be allowed.
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.
However, they need to show satisfactory proof of their relationship with the deceased and have to comply with the minimum public health standards, according to the Palace official.