MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has placed the entire island of Luzon under “enhanced community quarantine” until April 13 in a bid to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that has so far infected over 200 people in the country, 17 of whom have died.
The restriction includes the stoppage of public transportation and the strict imposition of home quarantine with the exemptions of businesses, services, and activities related to the production or provision of food, medicine and health, banking and finance, public utilities and mass media.
On Wednesday, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases released a comprehensive list of exemptions from the mandatory home isolation.
Here’s the complete list of persons exempted from the mandatory home quarantine:
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BASIC SERVICES
Medical Services
- All DOH Officials and Staff
- All health and service personnel stationed at LGU Health Facilities
- All PRC vehicles bearing the Red Cross Logo and Staff with Red Cross IDs
- Core Staff from the WHO Country and Regional Offices
- Doctors and their drivers
- Hospital Staff and Employees including janitorial services
- Medical Professionals and other Employees
- Private CareGivers
Funeral Services
- Employees
- Immediate family of the deceased
Emergency Responders
- BFP
- DRRMC
- DSWD
- Barangay Health Emergency Response Team (BHERT)
- LGU Officials
Security Services
- PNP, AFP, PCG, BJMP, NBI, OTS, BOC, BI, PPA, MMDA, and other Law Enforcement Agency Personnel
- Company Security Officers and Security Guards
- Force Multipliers (Brgy Officials, Brgy Tanods)
DAILY ESSENTIALS
Banks
- Bank Employees
- Armored Vehicle Crew
Money Transfer Services
- Employees
Groceries/Convenience Stores
- Employees
Public Markets
- Vendors
Pharmacies/Drugstores
- Pharmacists and Employees
Food Chain/Restaurants
- Staff and Crew
ESSENTIAL GOODS
- Delivery personnel (2 including the driver) of cargoes
- Employees working at food and medical manufacturing establishments
UTILITIES
Telecommunications
- Key Officials and Employees
- Employees of Cable and Internet Service Providers
Water Companies
- Key Officials and Employees
- Water Delivery and Refilling Stations Crew
Energy Companies
- Power Plant Maintenance Employees
- Petroleum Tanker Drivers
- Gasoline Attendants
- Coal Delivery Drivers
Sanitation
- Garbage Collectors
OTHER AUTHORIZED PERSONS
- Private Individual (1 per household) availing the services of the mentioned establishments
- Government Skeletal force of the Executive Branch
- Capital Markets (based on skeletal workforce)
- Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- Philippine Stock Exchange
- Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corporation
- Philippine Securities Settlement Corporation
- Philippine Depository and Trust Corporation
- DOLE Skeletal Staff for Tulong Hanapbuhay sa Ating disadvantage/displaced Workers (TUPAD)
- Senators and Congressmen with their CoS
- Department Secretaries, Undersecretaries, Assistant Secretaries
- Bureau Directors
- Ombudsman and Deputy Ombudsman
- Justices of Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Court of Tax Appeals, and Sandiganbayan
- Judges of the Regional, Metropolitan, City and Municipal Trial Courts and Prosecutors
- Governors
- Media Personalities including PCOO and its attached agencies
- Unified ID Cards issued by PCOO are required starting March 21, 2020
- Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) and Export-Oriented Businesses Personnel and those facilitating for their work from home arrangements
- Critical Transportation Facilities Employees (i.e.; MRT, LRT, PNR, Airport and Toll Facilities)
- Outbound and Inbound International passengers and driver