The Emergency Operations Center – Task Force (EOC-TF) thanked the security and safety officers who effectively managed huge crowds of vaccinees who flocked to mall vaccination sites in Bacolod City, recently.
In a statement on Tuesday, August 10, the EOC-TF said: “We thank our Bacolod City Police Office, Public Order and Safety Office, and the safety officers of mall-based vaccination sites for effectively managing the huge crowds of vaccinees.”
Among the crowd-control measures implemented at vaccination sites is the setting up priority lanes for senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs), a press release from the Bacolod Public Information Office said Wednesday, August 11.
These priority lanes, according to City Administrator and EOC-TF executive director Em Ang, have significantly helped in ensuring a smooth and fast-paced COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia said that it is heartening as more and more Bacolodnons are now willing to be inoculated.
“We will continue to exert all efforts to vaccinate as many as possible as the vaccines come,” Leonardia said.
Meanwhile, Dr. Rosalie Deocampo, Contact Tracing head, said that the City’s vaccination program continues to help decrease the number of severe COVID-19 cases in Bacolod.
“Vaccine acceptance among Bacolodnons has been getting stronger. More individuals continue to register to avail [of] the COVID-19 vaccines and line up at the City’s vaccination centers,” Deocampo said.
She added that other accomplishments under Bacolod’s vaccination program have also contributed in lowering COVID-19 cases for almost a month now.
“Because of our wide vaccine coverage, the number of our COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 hospital admissions, and COVID-19 related deaths are getting low,” Deocampo noted.
A total of 149,488 individuals have been vaccinated in Bacolod as of July 31 , the press release said.