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City PIO photoThe Bacolod City government launched Monday, November 8, the BACuna Card that will primarily serve, for now, as a "passport" for fully vaccinated residents who are going on domestic travel.Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia and Em Legaspi-Ang, executive director of the Emergency Operations Center-Task Force, led officials during the ceremony held at the Bacolod City Government Center."This will make our travel more convenient. Bacoleños who are BACuna cardholders will simply present this when they travel in and out of the city," Leonardia said.Leonardia said the release of the BACuna Card is very timely considering that COVID infections in the city have been on a decline for the last two weeks with only 18 cases recorded Monday.The last time Bacolod had cases ...

The Bacolod City government can revoke the safety seal certificates of malls and other businesses that allow the non-essential entry of persons under 18 years old in their establishments, Dr. Chris Sorongon, Emergency Operations Center-Task Force (EOC-TF) deputy for medical data and analysis, said Monday, November 8.The non-essential entry of minors or persons under 18-years-old inside the malls and other establishments is not allowed as Bacolod City is still under Alert Level 4, he said.The National Inter-Agency Task Force has placed Bacolod under Alert Level 4 until November 14.Sorongon said that minors aged 12 to 17 years old must be allowed entry at the malls only for vaccination purposes."The Executive Order not allowing those less than 18 years old and those above 65 ...

Eleven new COVID-19 Delta variant cases have been detected in Bacolod City, Dr. Chris Sorongon, Emergency Operations Center-Task Force (EOC-TF) deputy for medical data and analysis, said Monday, November 8.The four males and seven females have all recovered but have been placed on surgical lockdown pending the release of their repeat COVID-19 tests, he said.One is a minor and 10 are adults, he added.The specimens from the 11 were collected from October 12 to 19 but the Philippine Genome Center just released its findings, he said.The 11 are from Barangays 7, Mansilingan, 29, 36, 1, Tangub, Estefania, Bata and Handumanan, Sorongon said.*

City PIO photoBacolod Emergency Operations Center-Task Force and the COVID-19 Vaccination Council medical frontliners are inoculating city residents residing in remote villages and puroks.Former City Administrator Em Legaspi-Ang, concurrent EOC-TF executive director and CoVAC coordinator, said their vaccination team, led by Iris Kerr, has been administering jabs to people in remote areas as part of the strategy to protect those living in far-flung areas from COVID-19.Residents of Hacienda Carmen in Barangay Granada were the latest batch to avail of the vaccines Sunday, Nov 7.Ang said the city government brings the vaccines to hard-to-reach communities, and Mayor Evelio Leonardia himself checked on the vaccination activity.The purpose of the barangay vaccination initiati...