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No aid this MECQ in Manila but trikes, pedicabs can operate
Manila Mayor Isko Moreno has allowed tricycles, e-trikes, and pedicabs to operate in the city during the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) from August 4 to 18.
This decision aims to help frontliners and essential workers get to work, especially with the suspension of public transportation.
However, the city government will not be distributing financial aid during this MECQ period.
A liquor ban will not be imposed, but residents caught drinking outside their homes will be arrested.
An 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew is in effect, and previously issued quarantine passes will be reused.
An odd-even scheme will be implemented to regulate residents going out.
Rapid COVID-19 testing will continue, and Moreno warned that Manila's six hospitals are already at 85% capacity, urging residents to be careful and disciplined.
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