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Cebu City eases restrictions as COVID cases continue to decline

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<p>Cebu City has eased more restrictions as new COVID-19 cases continue to drop in the locality.</p><p>Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama on Thursday signed a new executive order called &quot;Oplan Kagawasan&quot; where more relax restrictions welcome residents. </p><p>Among these is his “open all&quot; policy where all establishments, persons and activities will be permitted to operate and work regardless of age and vaccination status provided that all minimum public health standards will be observed. </p><p>Curfew hours of 10:00 p.m. until 4:00 a.m. will only be applicable now to young people aged 18 years old and below. </p><p>The city will also scrap its RT-PCR requirement for inbound domestic passengers even for the unvaccinated.</p><p>The order was announced during the celebration of the city’s 85th charter day where the officials laid flowers at the monument of Don Vicente Rama who authored the city’s charter.</p><p>“We cannot be in captivity all the time. We have to move forward,” said Rama in his speech.</p><p>Despite the ease in restrictions even for the unvaccinated, it will continue to ramp up its vaccination program where inoculations of all age groups have already resumed. </p><p>The city has logged a steep decline of cases in the past days where the positivity rate has been inside the threshold set by the World Health Organization. </p><p>Based on statistics released by the Department of Health, there were only 1,015 active COVID-19 cases along with the 45 new infections that were added as of February 23. More than 50,000 have recovered from the respiratory disease in the city.</p><div><strong>—Report from Annie Perez</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1943011" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Cebu City has eased more restrictions as new COVID-19 cases continue to drop in the locality.