Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso announced on Monday that no new COVID-19 cases were reported in about 73 barangays for two months, from September 1 to October 31 this year.
The local government gave P100,000 in cash rewards each to these barangays in line with his incentive-based approach to containing and delaying the spread of the coronavirus infection in the city.
About 12 barangays were tallied in District 1, 9 barangays in District 2, 20 barangays in District 3, 9 barangays in District 4, 10 barangays in District 5, and 13 barangays in District 3.
The awarding ceremony was held after the regular flag-raising ceremony at the Kartilya ng Katipunan.
The following barangays where the Manila Health Department (MHD) reported no new COVID-19 cases for two months are as follows:
District 1 barangays “• 3, 8, 30, 44, 83, 87, 124, 126, 127, 139, 143, 145
District 2 barangays “• 188, 217, 239, 240, 243, 244, 252, 258, 261
District 3 barangays “• 268, 270, 271, 272, 273, 295, 300, 303, 306, 307, 326, 330, 332, 344, 348, 349, 362, 363, 380, 390
District 4 barangays “• 446, 462, 469, 490, 501, 546, 552, 573, 577
District 5 barangays “• 661, 706, 711, 716, 742, 663-A, 749, 757, 758, 795
District 6 barangays “• 606, 608, 610, 613, 614, 626, 635, 647, 853, 865, 886, 891, 895
Domagoso announced the incentive-based approach last August 31.
He said that all COVID-19 data come from the MHD, headed by Acting City Health Officer Dr. Arnold Pangan, to verify whether or not the barangay recorded zero COVID-19 infection for two months.
“Ang goal natin ay zero COVID-19 infection for two months sa barangay, and I believe that you can do it. That is why we want to give you incentives,” he said.
The Mayor said that he had asked Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan for the Manila City Council to allocate the appropriate budget for the incentive-based program./Willie Casas
