The Makati City government started the distribution of individually-packed wellness kits to more than 2,536 frontliners in the city.
Mayor Abby Binay said the frontliners who will be receiving the kits are workers from the Makati Health Department (MHD), Ospital ng Makati (OsMak) and Incident Command Post (ICP).
Binay said each wellness kit contains grocery items, juice box with a reusable tumbler, one dozen original glazed flavored donuts and food voucher worth P500.
“Through these wellness kits, we aim to send a message of thanks to our medical frontliners. We want to show them that we care and we treasure them. We gratefully attribute to their tireless efforts and contributions on the effectiveness of your COVID-19 response,” Binay said.
Binay said the city also scheduled an exclusive distribution of the wellness kits per department in consideration of the safety and convenience of the frontliners.
She said that since the pandemic broke out in March, the city government has provided substantial and strategic support for the city’s essential workers.
The mayor added that the city government also provided personal protective equipment (PPE), hazard pay, free shuttle services, vitamins, flu and pneumonia vaccination and mass testing for health workers. The city also approved the increase of salary for nurses and additional hiring of health workers.