Mayor Evelio Leonardia lauded the various sectors here for their cooperation in the city government’s response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis after the status of Bacolod was further downgraded to Alert Level 1. In a statement on Wednesday, Leonardia said the recent development is a testimony to the city’s effective management of the pandemic. “To put things in proper perspective, the Department of Health (DOH) placed Bacolod under Alert Level 1 because the city is now classified as a ‘minimal risk’ area,” he added. In a media briefing, the new alert status of Bacolod was discussed by Dr.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported on Thursday there are over 32 million workers in the country that have received vaccines against coronavirus disease 19 (Covid-19). DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III said there are some 32.3 million employees that have been vaccinated either with their first or second doses. The number represents about 70 percent to 80 percent of formal and informal sector workers. “At the company level, about 90 to 95 percent of workers have already been vaccinated based on our consultations with a number of partner private sector employers,” he said in a virtual forum. The