Taguig City residents get food packs from local gov’t as two-week ECQ starts

Local government personnel deliver food packs to residents of Taguig City on Thursday, August 5, 2021. Photo from the Taguig City government

MANILA, Philippines — The Taguig City government has distributed food packs to residents even before the reimposed enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) kicked off across Metro Manila on Friday.

The food packs delivered house-to-house on Thursday include rice, canned goods, coffee, energy drinks, and instant noodles which consumption should be good for three to four days, according to the local government unit.

“We guarantee you that the needs of every family will be taken care of. We will make sure that assistance from both the local and national government will be distributed to Taguigeños,” Mayor Lino Cayetano said in a statement.

Metro Manila was again placed under the strictest lockdown in a bid by the national government to avert the possible spread of the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant which may cause a surge in coronavirus cases. The nation’s capital region will be under ECQ from August 6-20.

Cayetano then encouraged the public to get immunized against the dreaded disease, assuring that vaccination sites would remain open despite the two-week ECQ.

“Our vaccination sites are open and our frontliners are ready to accommodate you. I would like to ask for your cooperation, please register to TRACE and get vaccinated,” he said.

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