Negros Occidental seeks lower alert levels for towns, cities

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BACOLOD CITY—The Negros Occidental provincial government is asking the Department of Health (DOH) to lower the COVID-19 alert levels in the towns and cities of the province, according to Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz on Tuesday, March 29.

“This will enable local government units (LGUs) that have been performing well to enjoy their efforts under a lower alert level while keeping those with poor vaccination performances at higher alert levels,” he said.

“This will serve as a reminder to LGUs who continue to have low vaccination numbers to ramp up their efforts,” Diaz added.

Negros Occidental has remained under Alert Level 2 because of the low percentage of its target population who were eligible for vaccination.

Negros Occidental had fully vaccinated 1,260,004 or 60.05 percent of its 2,098,421 target population as of March 26.

Due for their second doses were 106,935 residents or 5.10 percent of the target population.

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