The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) officials said Thursday food deliveries, and workers from permitted industries, are exempted from the unified curfew in Metro Manila.

MMDA general manager Jojo Garcia said mayors of the capital region agreed to exempt them from the 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew until the end of the month.

“Majority of our mayors from Metro Manila allowed restaurants and fast-food chains to operate 24 hours for food delivery,” Garcia said in a Malacañang Palace briefing.

He noted that the unified curfew shall mostly be followed by those in the residential areas.

Dine-in services also resumed as Metro Manila transitioned to a more relaxed general community quarantine (GCQ) on Wednesday with local government units in charge of deciding the operation capacity.