QC launches 'Race to Zero' campaign, offers cash incentives for effective COVID-19 programs

Quezon City has launched a 'Race to Zero' campaign offering cash incentives to barangays with the highest number of identified probable and suspect COVID-19 cases but lowest confirmed cases.

Barangays are divided into three categories based on population size: large (above 50,000), medium (10,000 to 50,000), and small (below 10,000) with corresponding cash rewards of PHP200,000, PHP100,000, and PHP50,000 respectively.

Data collection began on September 7 and will end on September 14, with the awarding scheduled for September 21 to coincide with Barangay Day.

Mayor Joy Belmonte hopes this initiative will further motivate barangays to intensify their search for virus cases and sustain the decline in daily cases observed by UP OCTA Research.