ROXAS City – Banking hours here are being shortened as the city shifts to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ).
The Capiz Bankers Association issued an advisory that its members would shorten banking hours from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. from today up to June 16.
The temporary shorted banking hours aim to ensure the safety of bank clients and employees amid the surge in cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the city.
On May 30, Roxas City logged 35 new infections, bringing the total number of active COVID-19 cases to 226.
The city also record 59 COVID deaths.
The MECQ will be until June 16, according to Mayor Ronnie Dadivas.
“(This aims) nga mapunggan ang padayon nga pagsaka sang kaso sang (COVID-19) sa aton syudad,” he explained.
Dadivas held a coordination meeting over the weekend with officials of the city government, Liga ng mga Barangay, punong barangays, representatives from the business sector, transport sector, Roxas City police, Philippine Army, Highway Patrol Group, Philippine Ports Authority, media and other agencies.
Another goal of the MECQ, said Dadidas, is to “mapahagan-hagan ang kakapoy kag kabudlay nga ginaatubang sang aton mga health workers kag community frontliners.”
Over the weekend, too, the Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital (RMPH) here said it was bursting at the seams with COVID-19.
“Once the (RMPH) reaches full capacity, there will be no other option but to declare a ‘time out’ to allow the hospital to cater to patients already admitted, who deserve the best care available,” its management said in a statement./PN
