{"id":67976,"date":"2022-11-04T18:05:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T10:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=67976"},"modified":"2022-11-04T18:19:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T10:19:52","slug":"major-mall-operators-allow-optional-wearing-of-face-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2022\/11\/04\/major-mall-operators-allow-optional-wearing-of-face-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Mall Operators Allow Optional Wearing of Face Masks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Major mall operators in the country have started permitting shoppers to go<strong> mask-free <\/strong>within their premises.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56920\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/09\/SM-MOA04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/09\/SM-MOA04.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/09\/SM-MOA04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/09\/SM-MOA04-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This, after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed an executive order (EO) allowing the voluntary wearing of face masks indoors.<\/p>\n<p>Under EO 7, the wearing of face masks in indoor and outdoor settings shall be voluntary except in healthcare facilities, medical transport, and public transportation by land, air, or sea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SM Supermalls<\/strong>, <strong>Ayala Malls<\/strong>, and <strong>Robinsons Malls<\/strong> have adopted the new policy, allowing customers to go mask-free within their premises.<\/p>\n<p>However, mask-wearing is still encouraged for the elderly, individuals with comorbidities, immunocompromised persons, pregnant women, unvaccinated individuals, and symptomatic individuals, per EO 7.<\/p>\n<p>The minimum public health standards will continue to be strictly enforced.<\/p>\n<p>In September, the president signed EO 3, allowing the voluntary wearing of face masks in outdoor settings, particularly in open spaces and non-crowded areas with good ventilation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SM Supermalls, Ayala Malls, and Robinsons Malls have adopted EO 7 in their new policies, allowing shoppers to go mask-free within their premises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":52514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[15825,15826,13564],"class_list":["post-67976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","tag-eo-7","tag-mask-free-shopping","tag-new-normal"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/AyalaMallsManilaBay01-IMG_9273Philippine-Primer.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67976"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67982,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67976\/revisions\/67982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}