THE Cebu City Government will not allow cinemas to reopen yet, despite the latest Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases resolution allowing leisure establishments to resume operations even in areas under general community quarantine (GCQ).
“As a moviegoer, it’s really very interesting, but as of now, wala sa gyud ta (they remain closed),” Councilor Joel Garganera, deputy chief implementer of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), said in a statement Friday, Feb. 12, 2021.
“Dili pa gyud (Not yet),” he reiterated.
He said cinema operators, with whom the City Government has been coordinating, understand why they can’t resume operations yet.
Cebu City is under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ), the least restrictive form, but cases of coronavirus infection have been rising since January 2021.
On Feb. 12, Cebu City recorded 199 new cases, bringing the cumulative number of cases to 14,369.
Active cases, referring to individuals who are in isolation or in hospitals, increased to 2,761, comprising more than half of the 5,090 total active cases in Central Visayas.
Another patient died, raising the death toll in Cebu City to 712. There have been 10,896 recoveries.