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Meralco suspends disconnection activities in areas under MECQ

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<p>MANILA - Meralco on Friday announced it will suspend disconnection activities in Metro Manila and other areas placed under the modified enhanced community quarantine )MECQ) by government.</p><p>Other areas include Laguna, Bulacan, Cavite, Rizal, and Lucena City which will be under MECQ from Aug. 21, Saturday, until Aug. 31.</p><p>The power distribution company said in a statement that its disconnection activities will also be suspended until Aug. 31.</p><p>&quot;For customers in areas under GCQ, Meralco will continue to be very considerate during this period and vowed to assist customers with their concerns,&quot; it said.</p><p>Meralco assured operations such as meter reading, bill delivery, and service crews will continue.</p><p>The national government earlier decided to place the affected areas under MECQ until the end of August to ease an uptick in COVID-19 cases linked to the highly contagious Delta variant.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/19/21/metro-manila-laguna-to-shift-to-mecq-until-end-august">Metro Manila, Laguna to shift to MECQ until end-August</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1752511" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

The power distribution company said in a statement that their disconnection activities will also be suspended until Aug. 31.