{"id":21787,"date":"2021-08-20T13:47:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T16:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=21787"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:25:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:25:46","slug":"manila-to-ease-covid-19-restrictions-from-august-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/manila-to-ease-covid-19-restrictions-from-august-21","title":{"rendered":"Manila to ease Covid-19 restrictions from August 21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities have announced Manila will be under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) from August 21 until the end of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- Despite a high record of daily Covid-19 cases, President&nbsp;<strong>Rodrigo Duterte<\/strong>&nbsp;has decided to&nbsp;<strong>ease current countermeasures in Manila&nbsp;<\/strong>from August 21 until the end of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Capital city will move from the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to a<strong>&nbsp;modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ)<\/strong>&nbsp;following a recommendation from the country\u2019s Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is still unknown if&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/metro-manila-casinos-to-close-until-august-20\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">casinos in Entertainment City<\/a>&nbsp;will be allowed to reopen their doors. Most of them decided to&nbsp;<strong>temporarily close after the government announced new measures on August 6<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Harry Roque<\/strong>, the Presidential spokesperson, said the new countermeasures will allow higher operating capacity in some businesses. However, under the so-called enhanced community quarantine,<strong>\u00a0indoor services will remain closed<\/strong>\u00a0at least for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Ministry of Health, 144,895 new Covid-19 cases were detected during the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Authorities extend ban on travellers from 10 countries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-extends-ban-on-arrivals-from-10-countries\">The Philippines government<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0<strong>extended its ban on arrivals from 10 countries<\/strong>\u00a0until the end of August due to the Covid-19 Delta variant.\u00a0The 10 countries affected are Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand, Oman, Pakistan, Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities have announced Manila will be under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) from August 21 until the end of the month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Manila is transitioning to a Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) from August 21, despite high COVID-19 cases, with the operational status of Entertainment City casinos remaining uncertain. Concurrently, the Philippines has extended its travel ban from ten countries due to the Delta variant, impacting international tourism and potential market recovery for integrated resorts.","focusai_entities":"Rodrigo Duterte, Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Harry Roque, Ministry of Health","focusai_location":"Manila, Philippines, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand, Oman, Pakistan, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Casino Reopening Timeline?","query":"What specific criteria or public health metrics must be met for Entertainment City casinos to resume operations under MECQ, and what is the projected timeline for such a decision?"},{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis?","query":"How will the extended travel ban and continued operational restrictions in Manila impact the Q3 and Q4 GGR forecasts for integrated resorts in the Philippines?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23876,16333],"tags":[23907],"class_list":["post-21787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21787"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21823,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21787\/revisions\/21823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}