ng muntinlupa into a covid-19 testing facility. the government would procure polymerase chain reaction machines and testing kits. the city already houses the research institute for tropical medicine in alabang, one of the medical facilities accredited by the doh to perform covid-19 testing in the philippines. two days later, the council passed an ordinance to extend the payment deadlines for real property tax and corporate tax until three months after the original deadline. mayor fresnedi also urged lessors of commercial establishments and residential units in the city to extend the payment of rental fees, in consideration of the closure of business establishments during the quarantine period. the muntinlupa city council, on april 7, passed an ordinance to grant around 60,000 scholars in the city the advanced release of their allowances for the second quarter of the academic year, in response to the "financial impact" of the pandemic. navotas prior to president duterte's declaration of a partial lockdown on metro manila, navotas mayor toby tiangco had already suspended classes at all levels in the city for march 9 as a preventive measure against the spread of covid-19. tiangco also appealed to the department of education to pass all students in the city for the school year. on march 13, the navotas city council issued an ordinance limiting the amount of work required for its government officials to work 10 hours per day for four days, effective march 16, in observance of social distancing guidelines. the navotas government, on march 22, began distributing around 18,000 food packs to the city's informal settlers living in "danger zones" and families listed under the city's housing projects. on march 23, mayor tiangco announced that the city's government employees would receive ₱6,000 ($117.41) each as compensation, totaling ₱6.4 million ($125,233.22). he also announced that their quarterly bonus payment would be released in advance. on march 23, mayor tiangco issued an executive order to implement a 24-hour curfew in the city. on may 3, he announced that he would place the city under an extreme enhanced community quarantine, effective may 6 until may 15, following the rise of cases and the frequency of quarantine violators. the navotas government have converted a vocational education facility in the city into a temporary shelter for the medical staff of the navotas city hospital attending to covid-19 patients. the navotas national high school was converted into a community isolation facility with a 100-bed capacity for suspected or mild cases of the virus. parañaque parañaque mayor edwin olivarez declared the city under a state of calamity on march 16 due to the rise of covid-19 cases in nearby areas. olivarez later declared a "total lockdown" on the city, prohibiting visitors "without official business" from entering the city's premises during the luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine. the "total lockdown" permits only front line offices and basic services providers to operate throughout its duration. he also requested city hall employees to go on leave. on march 19, mayor olivarez announced that the city's front line workers, which he identified specifically as medical personnel, drug store personnel, health workers, supermarket employees, bank personnel, business process outsourcing personnel, restaurant personnel, and city government employees, would be provided with free transportation to their different workplaces. that same day, mayor olivarez announced that both regular and contractualized employees in parañaque would receive their full mid-year bonuses, in addition to a ₱6,000 ($117) clothing allowance until march 23. by march 21, the parañaque government had distributed around 100,000 relief goods to 14,000 "vulnerable households" across the city. the parañaque government began imposing a 24-hour curfew to its residents from march 24. the following day, a photo published by the san isidro government circulated on social media showing alleged curfew violators in the barangay being forced to sit under the sun as penalty. netizens have criticized the action for physical torture. mayor olivarez, on april 7, signed executive order no. 2020-027, which protects front liners and covid-19 patients, including puis and pums, from any acts of discrimination in the city during the pandemic. pasay pasay mayor imelda calixto-rubiano declared the city under a state of calamity on march 16 due to "the extremely high incidence of covid-19 cases in the city." on march 18, she ordered the advanced release of the thirteenth salary pay of city hall employees, in accordance with president duterte's call for local government units to do so. the pasay government announced on march 19 that it had collaborated with the department of trade and industry to deploy food carts to roam around the city's 201 barangays and sell essential goods such as food and medicines, in order to limit the movement of its residents during the luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine. the pasay government also announced that it collaborated with the philippine army to provide free transportation for pasay-based health professionals and other service front liners who work outside the city, as well as persons with disabilities and senior citizens, amid the moratorium on public transportation; the government procured 100 electric tricycles and 20 mitsubishi l300 vans. on march 24, the pasay government ordered the installation of modular tents at the pasay city sports complex and the padre burgos elementary school to serve as isolation units for covid-19 puis in the city. pasig following the confirmation of covid-19 patient at the medical city in the city's district of ortigas on march 9, pasig mayor vico sotto ordered city officials to implement the guidelines of the doh and the world health organization in preventing the spread of the virus, including contact tracing, organizing response teams, disinfecting public spaces, and the cancellation of all public events and gatherings. around 500 sets of personal protective equipment were distributed by city government on march 14 to its 30 barangays. mayor sotto approved the declaration of a state of calamity in pasig on march 15 after six confirmed cases and one fatality were recorded in the city. the mayor also announced that they have ordered a mandatory isolation for the health workers of rizal medical center after they were exposed to a confirmed coronavirus patient. the pasig city council on march 16 approved an anti-panic buying and hoarding of essential goods ordinance. mayor sotto appealed to the department of the interior and local government (dilg) on march 17 to allow the operation of tricycles and the city's bus service to specifically transport front line health professionals and other essential service providers to the city's hospitals during the quarantine period, following the moratorium on mass public transportation. sotto had earlier raised tricycles fares by 50 percent following the decline in residents leaving their homes. tricycle drivers were mandated by the city government to transport a maximum of three passengers per ride in observance of the national government's social distancing guidelines. on march 18, mayor sotto pledged to give both regular and contractualized government employees their full salaries during the duration of the enhanced community quarantine in luzon, while emergency front line workers would receive hazard and overtime pays. the pasig government also assembled sanitation tents at the entrances of the city hall and two hospitals, prepared food packages containing vitamins to be distributed to the city's "vulnerable households", and purchased three octocopter drones to be utilized for disinfecting public spaces. mayor sotto ordered the dahlia hotel in the city on march 19 to be converted into a quarantine facility able to accommodate at least 300 pums and puis with mild to moderate symptoms of covid-19. that same day, the dilg rejected mayor sotto's appeal on operating tricycles in pasig claiming it violates the national government's directives to observe social distancing measures. the pasig government responded by commissioning two electric-powered city optimized managed electric transport jeeps to transport the city's front line workers across pasig to its hospitals. the deadlines of all tax payments, rent, permits, and other obligatory submissions were extended on march 24 by the city government for two months. five trucks were deployed by the pasig government on march 25 transporting loads of essential goods, such as food, to different barangays in the city, where they are sold to residents. the government labeled these trucks as "mobile palengkes", aimed at limiting the movement of people during the community quarantine. the essential goods sold to residents through the trucks are sourced from the vendors of the city's public markets "to assist them generate income." about 400,000 food packs were also distributed by the city government to pasig residents. the pasig government also began giving the city's jeepney, tricycle, and uv express drivers financial assistance of ₱3,000 ($59) each for a total of ₱55.5 million ($1.1 million) starting march 30. on april 1, the national bureau of investigation (nbi) probed mayor sotto for allegedly violating the bayanihan to heal as one act by allowing tricycles to transport the city's front line workers despite the moratorium on public transportation during the period of the enhanced community quarantine. the following day, sotto sent a letter to the nbi seeking for clarification. he claimed that his alleged violation occurred before the law had been enacted. mayor sotto announced through a facebook post on april 9 that the pasig government would shoulder the expenses for the cremation of the city's residents who died from complications of the coronavirus disease. quezon city covid-19 vaccination center at the smart araneta coliseum. confirmed cases in quezon city by barangay (november 14, 2020) 1000–4999 confirmed 500–999 confirmed 100–499 confirmed 50–99 confirmed 10–49 confirmed 1–9 confirmed no cases n/a (national parks) on march 13, quezon city mayor joy belmonte announced a state of calamity for the city following six confirmed cases of local covid-19 transmissions. she immediately placed 11 barangays under "extreme enhanced community quarantine", prohibiting its residents from exiting their respective barangays. the quezon city university has been used as a quarantine site for puis in the city. as of march 24 at least 379,000 food packs has been distributed to residents by the quezon city government. the quezon city government partnered with hotel sogo and the rainbow place dormitory in tandang sora to provide free accommodations for service front liners, especially health professionals. on march 27, 2020, the quezon city government imposed an executive order prohibiting the sale, purchase, and consumption of alcoholic beverages in public places during the enhanced community quarantine. the quezon city government announced on april 4, 2020, that it would fund the efforts of the philippine red cross to assemble mobile testing centers in the city to conduct "mass testing" on its residents. as of april 7, quezon city has more covid-19 cases than any other city in metro manila. on april 6, 2020, mayor belmonte signed an executive order penalizing any act of discrimination against persons suspected or confirmed to have the coronavirus, as well as front liners and their families. prototype covid-19 swab test booths designed by the philippine institute of civil engineers were installed at the quezon city general hospital on april 7. the booths are designed to minimize the exposure of health workers on puis and pums being tested for the virus. in january 2021, the quezon city government started identifying venues within the city as vaccination sites for its constituents. it also procured at least 1.1 million doses of astrazeneca vaccines through a tripartite agreement with astrazeneca and the national government. quezon city partnered with zuellig pharma for its vaccine handling and rollout program. the city government started its vaccination program on march 23, 2021. zuellig's ezconsult program was used as the booking system used for the vaccination rollout; which allowed residents to pick a vaccination site and time slot. however, quezon city residents frequently encountered glitches with the ezconsult system when attempting to book a vaccination slot, the city government terminated its contract with zuellig on june 29, 2021. the city government introduced a new system known as the qc vax easy portal, where residents would be assigned a vaccination site and schedule through call or sms notification. san juan on march 6, the san juan government ordered the temporary closure of a muslim prayer hall at the greenhills shopping center after a frequent visitor of the pay hall was reported as the country's fifth case of confirmed covid-19 diagnosis. san juan mayor francis zamora also ordered the postponement of all scheduled public events in the city. mayor zamora