the city government to accommodate at most 100 patients suspected of covid-19 and is equipped with x-ray machines, defibrillators, and cardiac monitors. the makati government announced on march 28 that single parents in the city "affected by the enhanced community quarantine" would receive a one-time financial assistance of ₱1,000 ($19.81) each. mayor binay also announced that public school students, persons with disabilities, and senior citizens would also receive financial assistance from the government. malabon on march 18, malabon mayor antolin oreta ordered the city government to provide ₱520,000 ($10,252.26) to each barangay for the provision of food during the luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine. oreta also ordered the provision of ₱6 million ($118,156.44) to the city's carinderia (food stall) owners for them to provide meals for 300 people every day for 15 days. that same day, he called on maynilad water services to divert the unused water supply of closed malls and other commercial establishments to residential areas. mayor oreta endorsed all households in malabon to the social amelioration program of the department of social welfare and development (dswd) mandated in the bayanihan to heal as one act, saying that "covid-19 spares no one, rich or poor." the dswd had allotted packages for only 44,032 households in the city, but the philippine statistics authority reported in 2015 that 86,000 households comprise the population of malabon. mandaluyong the mandaluyong city council passed an ordinance on march 16 declaring the city under a state of calamity, after reporting three covid-19 patients, six persons under investigation, and 125 persons under monitoring in the city. on march 17, mandaluyong mayor carmelita abalos ordered the release of the thirteenth salary pay to all of the city's government employees. mayor abalos stated that around 100,000 bags of relief goods would be distributed door-to-door to households in mandaluyong. manila confirmed cases in manila by district (november 6, 2020) 1000–4999 500–999 100–499 50–99 10–49 1–9 a ward dedicated to covid-19 patients at the philippine general hospital in ermita, manila. a gymnasium in manila converted into a temporary homeless shelter during the region-wide community quarantine. manila mayor isko moreno declared a state of calamity in the city on march 15, following a directive from the metro manila council, after the second and third covid-19 cases were confirmed. on march 16, the manila department of social welfare (mdsw) began rescuing street people, pavement dwellers, and other homeless people, as well as people living outside the city who were unable to retreat home following the imposition of the luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine. they took refuge at the delpan sports complex in tondo. the city allocated ₱227.5 million ($4.45 million) from its budget to assist families affected by the quarantine. mdsw chief re fugoso ordered the lockdown of the manila boys town complex and the manila youth reception center in ermita for the protection of the children and teenagers residing there amid the pandemic. on march 18, mayor moreno ordered all lodging facilities in manila to provide free accommodations for front line health workers, such as doctors and nurses, throughout the luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine. to financially help the city government employees, mayor moreno drafted a resolution ordering the release of their mid-year bonuses. another resolution appropriating funds and giving cash assistance for the city's job order and contractualized workers was also enacted. on march 19, the city deployed 189 electric tricycles to exclusively transport front line health workers to the city's public hospitals. non-health workers would not be serviced in observance of the moratorium on mass public transportation. drivers of electric tricycles would receive salaries from the city government. the city also coordinated with the department of social welfare and development of the national government in sourcing food supplies for the city's families. mayor moreno has stressed that the city could only produce between 8,000 and 11,000 food packs, but would not suffice for the city's 350,000 families. on april 5, isko moreno signed an ordinance enacting the city amelioration crisis assistance fund (cacaf), allocating a total budget of ₱591 million ($12 million) for around 568,000 families, and distributing ₱1,000 ($19.73) to each household. a second tranche was given from may 20 to 21 for more than 680,000 families, some of which do not received from the first cacaf distribution. on march 23, mayor isko moreno launched an online survey via his facebook page inquiring manila residents about their health status in relation to covid-19 and their recent travel history. pldt, one of the country's major telecommunications providers, assisted the city government in providing enhanced data connectivity for the online survey service. pldt also assisted in augmenting the hotline facility at the manila city hall. on april 3, the manila city council approved an ordinance penalizing discriminatory acts directed against coronavirus patients and other patients under evaluation, including discrimination of health workers on the basis of their medical condition. the following day on april 4, mayor moreno ordered the temporary closure of the ospital ng sampaloc after five hospital staff contracted the virus. on april 6, mayor moreno announced that he and several other government officials in the city would donate their salaries to the philippine general hospital to increase its financial capability amid the pandemic. the manila government partnered with the department of agriculture to launch the kadiwa rolling store project, a mobile farmers' market that sells fresh products to residents amid the closure of retail establishments due to the enhanced community quarantine. the first unit was deployed to santa ana on april 6. on april 13, the city of manila announced that it is now capable of conducting localized mass targeted testing for covid-19. the six city-owned district hospitals and the delpan quarantine facility each can take up to 232 tests a day, which is capable of producing up to 1,624 swab tests weekly. on the same day, the city placed barangay 20 in tondo on total lockdown for 24 hours, because its residents had been conducting leisurely activities such as boxing, gambling and cockfighting despite the luzon-wide lockdown. drive thru covid-19 testing in manila. the city has placed the district of sampaloc on "hard lockdown" from april 23 to 25, followed by the 1st district (western tondo) on may 3 to 5. residents are prohibited from leaving their homes. both of these places have high number of cases and localized targeted testing was conducted during the lockdown. the city government also built the manila covid-19 field hospital in rizal park, which began admitting patients on june 25, 2021. on july 6, the city reported that more than 50% of its covid cases have recovered, but expects a rise in cases after the lifting of a 48-hour lockdown on 31 barangays whose covid-19 cases are growing, and partly due to the aggressive mass testing being conducted by the city health department. on july 15, mayor isko moreno launched the city's drive-thru testing facility, where passengers in vehicles can undergo free covid-19 testing near the bonifacio shrine in ermita. the drive-thru facility is open to both residents and non-residents of the city, making it the first testing facility of its kind in the country. three days later, the city government opened a second drive-thru testing facility at the quirino grandstand. manila is also the first local government unit in the country to purchase and procure anti-covid-19 medicines such as molnupiravir, remdesivir, tocilizumab, baricitinib, and bexovid for aged 12 and above, all of which prevents mild to moderate cases from progressing into severe diseases. the medicines are given for free to both residents and non-residents as long as they coordinate with the manila health department and provide prescription. manila was the only city in the national capital region that is not under covid-19 alert level 4. marikina marikina mayor marcelino teodoro on march 16 announced that his government would install misting and decontamination tents across numerous public spaces in the city. the marikina government pledged to provide households with free disinfectant solutions. following the moratorium on mass public transportation during the luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine, the marikina government launched on march 18 free shuttle bus services to ferry front line health professionals from across the city to its hospitals. the marikina government announced plans to set up a covid-19 testing center. on march 16, mayor teodoro announced that around 3,000 testing kits would be procured and the government would partner with manila health tek and the philippine national institutes of health, to test "patients under investigation" (puis) and "patients under monitoring" (pums) for covid-19. field testing was scheduled to begin on march 24. the procurement of a ₱2.7 million ($53,222.42) polymerase chain reaction machine specifically for testing, along with 3,000 test kits worth ₱4 million ($78,824.72) was also announced by the city government. on march 26, mayor teodoro reported that the doh rejected the usage of the city government's covid-19 testing center because of its location, which had to be in a "separate free-standing building", but was located inside the marikina city health office. teodoro claimed that their testing center had met all the other criteria for a testing center and he even offered to cede its full operation to the doh. however, the doh refuted the mayor's claims that they had rejected the usage of the testing center. nevertheless, teodoro said that his government would relocate its testing center. the new location is an unoccupied building in concepcion uno, which has yet to be accredited by the doh as a testing center in order to operate. on april 7, teodoro announced that testing for covid-19 would be free for the city's residents. on april 15, he announced plans to open the testing center even without the approval of the doh, saying that his government "can no longer put off mass testing for marikina residents" and is prepared to face any charges. the marikina government designated the defunct marikina hotel to serve as an isolation facility for pums. on april 6, the marikina city health office launched a telehealth medical consultation program via vsee for residents with concerns related to covid-19. muntinlupa muntinlupa mayor jaime fresnedi organized a covid-19 task force on march 10. he ordered schools and government facilities in the city to be disinfected. mayor fresnedi ordered muntinlupa barangay officials to identify residents with recent travel history for monitoring. he also ordered officials to install isolation facilities to accommodate suspected cases of covid-19; the city government assembled a field hospital outside the ospital ng muntinlupa, which became fully operational on march 18. police officials were deployed to prevent students from entering malls, following the suspension of classes in metro manila. mayor fresnedi placed the city under a state of calamity on march 16, after confirming its first covid-19 case. the muntinlupa city council approved four ordinances in relation to addressing the pandemic: the first is to prevent the hoarding and panic buying of essential goods; the second is to prohibit the sale, distribution, and consumption of alcoholic beverages during the duration of the luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine; the third is to order the closure of all private establishments in the city, except for those providing essential goods such as supermarkets, pharmacies, and banks; and the fourth is to restrict the operation of restaurants, carinderias, and other eateries to take-out only. fresnedi ordered the advanced release of the thirteenth salary pay of the city hall's employees. the muntinlupa government launched free shuttle services for front line workers based in the city, deploying electric jeepneys. a barangay captain in muntinlupa, on march 19, ordered the lockdown of an undisclosed subdivision in alabang following confirmation from the doh that two confirmed covid-19 cases in the city are residents of that subdivision. the muntinlupa government distributed 1,500 food packages in poblacion on march 20, which the government claimed covered about 70 percent of the city's population. mayor fresnedi assured the city's residents that the city government will provide food assistance to the city's "vulnerable households" that would last for up to three to four months. the government plans to distribute 94,847 more food packages to other households, targeting at least 85 percent of the city's population. on march 21, mayor fresnedi signed an ordinance to impose a 24-hour city-wide curfew, superseding the 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew. on march 24, the muntinlupa city council passed an ordinance to convert the ospital