Twenty-three barangays in Bacolod City are without a single case of COVID-19 infection during the last two weeks, covering the period from Oct. 28 to Nov. 10.
This was disclosed by Executive Director Em Legaspi-Ang of the Emergency Operations Center-Task Force in an updated report to EOC-TF chair, Mayor Evelio Leonardia and Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, who heads the local Inter-Agency Task Force.
Ang, also the concurrent coordinator of the COVID-19 Vaccination Council, also reported that Barangay Punta Taytay has only one active case from Oct. 28 until Nov. 10.
"We hope and pray that this trend continues. The hard work and dedication of our medical frontliners, our doctors, nurses and vaccinator-volunteers, barangay health workers are paying off," Leonardia said.
Ang echoed Leonardia's appeal for cooperation, saying that together, Bacolod is well on its way to achieving herd immunity, if communities and residents continue to remain compliant to minimum health protocols.
Ang said as of Tuesday, 42 percent of the target population is fully-vaccinated, while 45 percent received their first dose.
On Wednesday, the city government rolled out its Sputnik V vaccine supply at the Ayala Malls Capitol Central vaccination site.
The national government delivered a total of 10,000 doses of the Sputnik V from Russia’s Gamaleya Institute to Bacolod City, Leonardia said.
Only local government units that meet the storage and handling requirements for Sputnik V vaccines, which is negative -18 degrees Celsius, were given the vaccines.