By Dolly Yasa
BACOLOD City – Mayor Evelio Leonardia said he continues to appeal for the de-escalation of the quarantine status of this city from General Community Quarantine (GCQ) to a more permissive Modified Community Quarantine (MGCQ).
“We are still fighting for it,” Leonardia said Friday.
Bacolod City remains under GCQ until Nov 30, 2020.
Leonardia said he again sent a letter to the national interagency task force on COVID-19 to allow Bacolod to slide from GCQ to MGCQ.
The mayor said even IATF Visayas chief implementer Melquiades Feliciano has recommended to Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año that Bacolod be placed under MGCQ.
Leonardia said he believes it is high time for Bacolod to ease its quarantine status considering that the number of COVID-19 cases in the city has continually gone down.
“We eagerly wait for the final decision of the NIATF soon,” Leonardia said.
Date from the Bacolod Public Information Office showed this city’s active cases has gone down to 279 from a peak of 1,176 last month.
