As COVID-19 cases surge, Cadiz City bans mass gatherings
BACOLOD CITY – Cadiz City Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. issued an executive order on Friday, June 11, prohibiting all forms of social and mass gatherings, except for religious worship, to curb the spread of COVID-19 in this Negros Occidental city.
Escalante, in Executive Order SGE-015-2021, also temporarily closed all resorts and parks in Cadiz City while the surge in COVID-19 cases remains.
“Cadiz City is experiencing an alarming upsurge of COVID-19, and it is suspected that the new variants are now present and are locally transmitted,” Escalante said.
As of Thursday, June 10, Cadiz City has 971 COVID-19 cases of which 117 are active.
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