Bago downgrades Covid-hit areas
September 24, 2020
The city government of Bago has downgraded the status of several areas after they were declared as critical zones due to the rising coronavirus cases.
The city government of Bago has downgraded the status of several areas after they were declared as critical zones due to the rising coronavirus cases.
Only 47 beds for coronavirus confirmed patients are available in Bacolod, data from the city public information office showed yesterday.
The COVID-19 death toll in Bacolod City and Negros Occidental is rising with 12 new fatalities reported by the Department of Health Tuesday.
The city government of Sipalay has placed Barangay San Jose on temporary lockdown starting Sunday, following the suspected cases reported in the area.
A fifth employee of the Sugar Regulatory Administration in Bacolod City was hit by the coronavirus disease.
This was confirmed by two DAILY STAR sources in the agency, adding that they found out that the worker was positive for the virus on Friday.
Employees who reached out to DAILY STAR have expressed concern as they continue to report for work and that the office was not locked down for disinfection.
SRA Administrator Hermenegildo Serafica said, “Proper health protocols, including contact tracing and regular disinfection procedures, are being observed by the agency to ensure that employees and stakeholders alike are shielded from the virus. SRA instills among its employees the precept of pro-actively combating not only the virus, but the fear of it.”
In fact, webinars on Covid-19 have been rolled out in order for employees to better understand the pandemic, and the measures to flatten the curve by flattening the fear, he said.
“The lives of employees and stakeholders are of paramount concern. Work-from-home schemes are also followed. While SRA is fully cognizant of the ill-effects of the virus, it is of the view that with the observance proper health protocols, employees need not cower in fear,” Serafica added.
Two weeks ago, Serafica issued a memorandum that barred officers and employees from disclosing Covid-19 cases in their agency to the media.*
Amid the rising coronavirus cases in Negros Occidental, 16 quarantine facilities in the province have reached full capacity, while eight are now at critical level, Zeaphard Gerhart Caelian, Covid-19 Provincial Incident Management Team commander, said yesterday.
The annual MassKara Festival, Bacolod City’s internationally renowned festival of smiling masks in October, has been cancelled.
The Metro 3rd Emergency Operations Center (EOC), which is the nerve center of the district in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic, will be operational within a week in EB Magalona, Negros Occidental.
The Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City is strictly implementing its “no watchers” policy to minimize the spread of coronavirus, its medical center chief, Dr. Julius Drilon, said yesterday.
Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia Saturday issued an executive order extending the use of Home Quarantine Passes (HQPs) and the conduct of check-up points in Bacolod City until Sept. 30 to curb the spread of Covid-19.
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