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January 26, 2021
ADJUSTMENTS to the newly amended national guidelines on community quarantine and preparations for the mass vaccination program were discussed during the 3rd virtual meeting of the Bacolod City Covid-19 Vaccination (CoVac) Council Sunday, January 24, 2021.
Presided by Mayor Evelio Leonardia, the virtual dialogue heavily touched on the latest amendments to the National Inter-Agency Task Force’s (NIATF) Omnibus Guidelines on the Implementation of Community Quarantine in the Philippines.
Bacolod City has been placed under the Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) for several months now. MGCQ is considered the lowest community quarantine status as per NIATF guidelines.
Section 5 (3) of the amended Omnibus Guidelines provides that for areas placed under MGCQ, “[a]ny person below ten (10) years old, those who are over sixty-five (65) years of age and above, those with immunodeficiency, comorbidity, or other health risks, and pregnant women shall be required to remain in their residences at all times.”