FOR THE DEAD. The Pasig City government built a crematorium inside the Pasig cemetery for the cremation of COVID-19 patients who succumbed to the disease. Mayor Vico Sotto inspected the facility with a team from the Department of Health. Photo from Pasig Public Info Office
In early April, Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto announced that the city government has partnered with the Evergreen Chapels & Crematory on C. Raymundo Avenue for the cremation of Pasig residents who succumbed to the COVID-19. QUARANTINE. A team from the Department of Health inspects the 4 buildings of the Rizal High School that the Pasig City government converted into COVID-19 quarantine facilities. Photo from Pasig Public Information Office
The supplemental cash assistance, amounting to P8,000 per family, also distributed house-to-house, has begun. “To date, we have already distributed to almost 10,000 [recipients],” the Pasig PIO said.