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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
Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia, national president of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP), has called for a special online general assembly of
Published January 8, 2021, 2:02 PM
BACOLOD CITY – The city government of Bacolod will be allocating P300 million for the procurement of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines.
Mayor Evelio Leonardia signs the multi-lateral agreement and confidentiality agreement with AstraZeneca on the availment of vaccines against COVID-19, as witnessed by Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, Councilor Renecito Novero, City Administrator Em Ang, City Legal Officer Atty. Joselito Bayatan, OIC- City Health Officer Dr. Edwin Miraflor Jr., and Emergency Operations Center deputies for medical Dr. Chris Sorongon and Dr. Hector Gayares at the Bacolod City Government Center Thursday. (Photo courtesy of Bacolod City PIO / MANILA BULLETIN)
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January 07, 2021 THE City Government of Bacolod has allotted P300 million for the advance purchase of vaccines against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
This, after Mayor Evelio Leonardia on Thursday, January 7, 2021, signed the multilateral and confidentiality agreement with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals Philippines Inc. at the Bacolod Government Center for the advance purchase of the vaccines.
The signing of agreement was witnessed by Vice Mayor El Cid Famillaran, City Administrator Em Ang, Councilor Renecito Novero Dr. Chris Sorongon, Dr. Hector Gayares of Emergency Operations Center (EOC), Acting City Health Officer Edwin Miraflor and City Legal Officer Joselito Bayatan.
“This is to assure you that Bacolod City is on track and Bacolod is on time,” Leonardia said.