San Juan City Mayor Francisco Zamora expressed his full support for the decision of the national government to place the National Capital Region (NCR), and the provinces of Laguna, Cavite, Rizal, and Bulacan under a General Community Quarantine (GCQ) bubble starting March 22 due to surging coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases.
The NCR and the four provinces were placed under the NCR Plus (NCR+) bubble to help mitigate the spread of the virus in the said areas.
"This is a major undertaking of the national government to stop the increasing number of COVID-19 infections in Metro Manila and contain the virus." Zamora said on Monday.
He said that as the number of COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila surged at an alarming rate, the San Juan City local government has already made its moves to help contain the infection rate to a minimum such as the imposition of longer curfew hours, liquor ban, and requiring business establishments to limit their operational capacity to 50 percent.
"These efforts were put into place in San Juan City because I wanted to make sure that we minimize, if not arrest, the surge of infections in the city. We have not been complacent in dealing with the pandemic since then and we will exert more effort to finally win this battle against COVID-19." Zamora said.
"We will soon be distributing our 16th wave of food packs to every San Juaneño family. This is aside from the continuous targeted mass swab testing and contract tracing, to reassure our constituents that the local government has not ceased in looking after their welfare during this pandemic. We are also continuously expanding our LGU quarantine facilities to be able to accommodate more COVID-19 positive constituents," he added.
Zamora urged his constituents not to be complacent even if the vaccines are already here and that they should all work together and follow the minimum public health standards.
As of March 21, the city has 450 active COVID-19 cases, 3,976 recoveries, and 110 deaths.