By Dolly Yasa
Bacolod City – City Administrator Em Ang, executive director and deputy for administration and operations of the COVID-19 Emergency Operations Center Task Force here, said that 28 of the 61 barangays in this city remain “COVID-free” for the past 14 days.
The barangays are 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, 34, 36, 37, 38, 41, Felisa, Montevista, and Alangilan, data from the EOC-TF showed Wednesday.
“These latest statistics translates into 45.9 percent, or almost half, of Bacolod barangays without COVID-19 transmission for two weeks,” Ang said
This is an increase compared to the data released last October 19, where Bacolod recorded 19 barangays to have been “COVID-free” for a two-week period, she added.
“I hope the increasing numbers of barangays that are COVID-free will continue,” Ang further said.
She also said that the increase or decrease in the number of cases in Bacolod depends on the people’s cooperation with local policies and observance of the minimum health protocols.
“Lately, most cases are from close contacts. We’d like to remind the people that mass gatherings or celebrations like birthdays are common venue for the spreading of COVID-19. Based on the reports of the EOC, there is a pattern for infection during these gatherings. We have to be vigilant and careful so we can maintain and sustain the lowering of cases,” Ang stressed.
Ang also said that while IATF Visayas chief implementer Melquaides Feliciano is no longer here to oversee the EOC-TF, “systems and procedures are already in place and cluster heads have mastered the processes so we are proceeding smoothly.”
