FACE MASK ON. Elderly Bacolodnons continue to wear face masks while waiting to receive cash incentives from the city government on Tuesday (March 1, 2022). Well-fitted face masks are required to be worn properly at all times in areas under Alert Level 1 such as Bacolod City.(Photo courtesy of Bacolod City PIO) BACOLOD CITY - Mayor Evelio Leonardia has reminded residents here to continue wearing face mask even under Alert Level 1 as part of the minimum public health standards against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). "Let us always remind ourselves that Covid-19 is still here. We still need to use face masks because it is still a necessity under the circumstance," he said in a statement on Wednesday. The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has placed Bacolod under Alert Level 1, the lowest category in the Covid-19 alert level system, from March 1 to 15, after the city recorded a high vaccination rate and a steady decreas