Street food vendors may operate under MECQ

Taho, balut, kwek-kwek and other street food vendors may go out and start selling their products as long as they observe quarantine protocols, particularly physical distancing, to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Malacañang said.

Presidential spokesman Harry Roque made the statement as the whole country goes into general community quarantine (GCQ) save for Metro Manila, Laguna, and Cebu City which are under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) from May 16 to 31.

In an interview over GMA-7, Roque said Friday street food vendors may go out since everyone was already allowed to go out and exercise under the MECQ.

“Kung pinapayagan na yung paglabas ng bahay para mag-exercise, tumakbo, magbisikleta, so sa tingin ko, pupwede na [ang street for vendors] basta ‘wag lang sila kukumpol-kumpol. ‘Yan po ang iniiwasan natin (If exercising outdoors is allowed, I think street food vendors are allowed as long as they will not crowd there),” he said.

“Hindi pwede yung magbabarkadahan maglalakad at ‘yan po ang iniiwasan natin dahil ‘yan ang nakakahawa (You cannot be walking around in groups. What we’re trying to prevent is the spreading the disease),” he added.

More businesses, particularly the manufacturing industry, are allowed to operate under the MECQ. However, Roque asked the public to refrain from faking documents just so they can go out.

Roque earlier announced that self-employed Filipinos may make their own IDs so they could travel for work-related reasons.

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