ANAKALUSUGAN Partylist Representative Michael “Mike” Defensor and his political allies are stepping up their efforts to fight off the fresh surge of COVID-19 infections in Quezon City.
“We’ve devoted additional resources, and we’ve also deployed more people on the ground to help COVID-19 stricken families,” Defensor, who is running for Quezon City mayor.
“We are referring suspected new infections to testing centers as well as isolation facilities, and we are also providing food and medicines to affected households,” Defensor said.
Defensor also said he and his allies grouped under Malayang Quezon City are ready to cooperate and coordinate their efforts with the local government led by Mayor Joy Belmonte.
For now, we’ve set aside our political differences so that we can concentrate in helping to contain the surge in new infections,” Defensor, Anakalusugan party-list representative in Congress, said.
Quezon City’s cumulative COVID-19 caseload has reached 218,583 as of Jan. 15, up by 38,183 cases since Jan. 4, according to the Department of Health’s COVID-19 Tracker.