Published April 24, 2021, 10:24 PM
As community pantries continue to pop up in different areas in the National Capital Region, the Metro Manila Council (MMC) urged on Sunday, April 24, their organizers to coordinate first with their local government units (LGUs) to ensure proper observance of health and safety protocols.
The Metro Manila mayors unanimously approved on Friday, April 23, a resolution that underscored the importance of sustaining the downward trend in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in the National Capital Region (NCR) which is considered as the epicenter of the pandemic.
“While the organizers of community pantries exemplify collective charity and concern for the plight of the underprivileged and are truly worthy of emulation, support, and praise, the primordial minimum public health standards under the prevailing community quarantine must remain paramount,” the resolution read.