Palace: Seminars, Workshops Now Allowed In GCQ Areas

Seminars, workshops, and other related events now allowed in GCQ areas, according to Malacañang.

Malacañang announced that the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) had allowed the limited conduct of seminars, training, workshops, and other related events in areas under general community quarantine (GCQ).

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In a statement, Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said that the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases had allowed the limited conduct of the following events in areas under GCQ:
seminars, training, workshops, conferences, congresses, colloquia, board meetings, symposia, conclaves, and consumer trade shows.

The said events would be allowed up to 30% of the venue’s capacity.

Venues may include restaurants, in general; ballrooms and function halls within hotels; restaurants attached to hotels; mall atria; and venues within hotel premises.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Tourism (DOT) were tasked to issue the necessary guidelines.

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Roque also said that the IATF approved the recommendation of the Office of the Cabinet Secretariat to impose the Safety Seal Certification Program in addition to the official contact tracing app StaySafe.ph.

All establishments — including private companies, government offices, public transportation units, and hotels and business establishments — were now required to adopt the Safety Seal.

The Inter-Agency Task Force ordered the DTI, DOT, DOH, DOLE, DILG, and DOTr to issue the necessary joint memorandum circular to detail the requirements in order to secure a Safety Seal which include the adoption of StaySafe.ph and the generation of its QR Code to be displayed in all entrances.

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