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Bacolod and Negros Occidental will be placed under General Community Quarantine for a period of one month, starting July 1, according to IATF.

The cities of Bacolod, Dumaguete and Iloilo are now part of the government’s priority list for vaccination against COVID-19.

The vaccination program in Bacolod and Negros Occidental against COVID-19 is still limited to A1-A3 categories as no clearance yet from the Department of Health to inoculate individuals under A4.

Additional 25,000 doses of Sinovac is arriving in Bacolod today as the city government and capitol accelerate its vaccination program against corona virus.

The provincial government of Negros Occidental officially received a total of 1,950 vials of Pfizer BioNTech vaccines against COVID-9 yesterday, June 17.

The province of Negros Occidental and the city of Bacolod will remain under GCQ until end of June. But Malacanang has placed Iloilo province, Negros Oriental and Iloilo City under MECQ.

Casino Filipino was forced to close its s games and entertainment operations Saturday after 79 employees tested positive of the corona virus.

The medical community in the province has sought the intervention of Gov. Eugenio Lacson for a 2-week economic slow down to curb the rising cases of COVID-19.

OCTA research has tagged Bacolod as among the top 5 cities in the Philippines with most number of COVID-19 cases as of June 8.

Nearly 20,000 individuals were apprehended by the local police for failure to observe minimum health protocol as imposed by the government to curb the spread of COVID-19.