Mayor Evelio Leonardia has reminded residents here to continue wearing face masks even under Alert Level 1 as part of the minimum public health standards against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).<\/p>\n
\u201cLet us always remind ourselves that Covid-19 is still here. We still need to use face masks because it is still a necessity under the circumstance,\u201d he said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has placed Bacolod under Alert Level 1, the lowest category in the Covid-19 alert level system, from March 1 to 15, after the city recorded a high vaccination rate and a steady decrease in infections in the past several weeks.<\/p>\n
Under Alert Level 1, well-fitted face masks shall be worn properly at all times, based on the IATF-EID guidelines.<\/p>\n
Leonardia urged Bacolodnons to still observe the Covid-19 health protocols to help the city sustain the lowest community quarantine classification.<\/p>\n
\u201cBacolodnons should not celebrate prematurely. Being in Alert Level 1 is something that is reassuring and it showed that our policies and practices have been hitting the targets,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The mayor also underscored the importance of getting vaccinated to be highly protected against Covid-19.<\/p>\n
Em Legaspi Ang, executive director of Emergency Operations Center Task Force (EOC-TF), echoed the mayor\u2019s call for continued vigilance against Covid-19.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe still need to discipline ourselves even if we have no restrictions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Ang said the EOC-TF is set to meet with officials of the Department of Education and other concerned agencies to discuss plans to expand the limited face-to-face classes to two more schools in Barangay Alangilan, where public senior high school students have already been attending in-person classes since late last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are already in the new normal. This is also where our transition phase will enter as prepared by the local government unit,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Bacolod logged two new cases and recorded 203 active cases, based on the data of the Department of Health-Western Visayas (DOH-6). (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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