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Richard Malihan photoThe Negros Occidental provincial government is aiming to vaccinate 300,000 residents during the three-day national COVID-19 vaccination drive scheduled from Monday to Wednesday, November 29 to December 1.The provincial government has created 18 vaccination teams to help its 31 towns and cities hit their 300,000 target, Provincial Administrator Rayfrado Diaz said Sunday, November 28.They will also have a vaccination drive at the provincial government-owned food terminal at the North Capitol road in Bacolod City from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, Diaz said.The initial target set by the Department of Health for Negros Occidental’s three-day vaccination drive was 516,807.“The DOH was willing to allow us to reduce the target they set for the province,” Dia...

Two COVID-19 designated facilities in Negros Occidental will slowly revert to regular hospitals starting December 1 following the drop in coronavirus cases in the province, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Sunday, November 28.The two are the Valeriano M. Gatuslao Memorial District Hospital in Himamaylan City and the Valladolid District Hospital in Valladolid town.The Cadiz District Hospital will also use its annex building for non COVID-19 cases, he added.This was agreed on by the Provincial Incident Management Team and approved by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, he said.The Valladolid District Hospital will use a 15-bed isolation ward that was repaired and renovated for COVID-19 cases, while the Valeriano M. Gatuslao Memorial District Hospital will no longer acce...

Murcia Mayor Gerry M. Rojas visis Lola Concepcion Lauron of Brgy. Damsite, Murcia.In the course of recognizing and providing assistance to the centenarians in Murcia, local government officials came across an elderly resident who might possibly be one of the oldest living centenarians in the island of Negros and the entire country.“At almost 110 years old, Lola Concepcion Lauron of Brgy. Damsite is still alert and can still hear clearly. She readily answers questions without the need of repeating them. She even sang an old, long-forgotten Ilonggo song for us,” said Murcia Mayor Gerry M. Rojas who visited her last week.Lola Concepcion credited her longevity to a healthy diet consisting of fish, fruits and vegetables, and that she does not eat processed food, like canned goods, t...

City PIO photoIt's all systems go for the Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 National Vaccination Days with Bacolod City set to open up 40 vaccination sites in schools, barangays and malls for the three-day event as part of the government's campaign to fast-track herd immunity.Mayor Evelio Leonardia enjoined Bacolodnons to take part in the program and called on the unvaccinated to get inoculated from Monday to Wednesday despite the declining COVID-19 cases in the city, a press release from the Bacolod Public Information Office said.Executive Director Em Legaspi-Ang of the Emergency Operations Center-Task Force said the City Health Office under its officer-in-charge, Dr. Edwin Miraflor, Jr., has already conducted an orientation for 127 volunteers in the runup to the event that starts as early as...

Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Friday, November 26, said he will require all provincial government employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19.Cadiz Mayor Salvador Escalante and Bago Mayor Nicholas Yulo on Thursday issued orders for all of their cities’ employees to get vaccinated.Those who refuse to be vaccinated will be required to submit themselves to regular RT-PCR or rapid antigen tests at their expense, the two mayors said.Lacson said he will also encourage other local government units to make vaccination mandatory among government employees.Executive Director Em Legaspi Ang of the Bacolod Emergency Operations Center-Task Force said Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia has not issued an order compelling city employees to get vaccinated yet.A lot of city ...

Six persons from Mindanao attempting to enter Negros Occidental via Kabankalan City on Friday, November 26, with no travel documents were intercepted and will be quarantined, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said.The six on board a Ceres bus were intercepted at a checkpoint at the Tabugon border in Kabankalan City, and made to disembark.The six entered Negros Island through Dumaguete City and were headed for Kabankalan City, Diaz said.The Negros Occidental provincial government requires travelers entering Negros Occidental from the Oriental side to have an S-PaSS and a vaccination card for the fully vaccinated and negative RT-PCR test results for the unvaccinated as a deterrent against the spread of COVID-19.The six will be held at the Silay City quarantine facility ...

Capitol photoA total of 1,544 persons, the majority of whom were minors, were vaccinated against COVID-19 at Magikland in Silay City, Friday, November 26.There were 1,087 who received their first dose and 457 who got their second dose, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said.The vaccination drive was conducted by four mobile vaccination teams from the Provincial Health Office and the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital, and two from Silay City, Diaz said.The mass COVID-19 vaccination of minors aged 12 to 17 years was attended by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Ernell Tumimbang, and Silay City Administrator Jose Edward Davila.The vaccinated minors were given free Magikland entrance tickets, which...