BACOLOD City – The Business Permits and Licensing Committee of this city inspected the health protocols being carried out by business process outsourcing (BPO) companies to stem the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, head of the city Inter-Agency Task Force against COVID-19, said the inspection aims to ensure that establishments are compliant with health protocols issued by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
According to Familiaran, among the health measures inspected were the firms’ sanitation, ventilation and exhaust system.
“This is to avoid any potential workplace hazard that could increase risks of COVID-19 transmission,” explained.
In a related development, Mayor Evelio Leonardia asked the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 to deploy more nurses to hospitals here to reduce local cases.
City Administrator Em Ang, who was tasked by the mayor to formalize the request through a letter, said Bacolod is requesting 288 more nurses.
Ang, who also sits as executive director of the Emergency Operations Center, said chances are high that the mayor’s request for augmentation of nursing personnel will be granted since Major General Melquiades Feliciano, the deputy implementer of the COVID-19 Inter-Agency Task Force-Visayas, committed to endorsing the request.
As of Thursday, Bacolod recorded 2,936 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 1,548 active cases, 1,352 recoveries, and 36 deaths./PN
