Metro Manila mayors still wary of reopening cinemas, arcades as Philippines' Covid-19 total tops 549,000


People buying flowers at a market in Manila on Valentine's Day on Sunday, February 14, 2021. - AFP

MANILA, Feb 14 (Philippines Daily Inquirer/ANN): The mayors in the National Capital Region (NCR) are opposing the decision of the Covid-19 response task force to allow the reopening of some indoor leisure establishments, including cinemas and arcades, according to Metro Manila Council (MMC) chair Edwin Olivarez.

Olivarez, who is also mayor of Parañaque City, on Saturday said the mayors had “reservations” about some provisions of the latest resolution of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF), the temporary government body in charge of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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