BACOLOD City – The city government formed an emergency body to harmonize data gathering and efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Task Force now undertakes all planning, operations and coordination of the city’s response against the viral illness, according to Mayor Evelio Leonardia.
He recently issued Executive Order No. 59 for this upon the recommendation of Melquiades Feliciano, deputy implementer of the COVID-19 Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for Visayas.
Leonardia, the task force head, named Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran as assistant and City Administrator Em Ang as executive director.
The EOC, based at the MassKara Hall of the Bacolod City Government Center, operates 24/7.
Its tasks include defining clear objectives and plans and providing precise insights towards COVID-19 interventions as well as establish an advisory group to provide policy and guidance to the EOC and ensure the crafting of its terms of reference.
As of Sunday night, Bacolod has 1,866 confirmed cases, including 27 deaths. It has 1,146 active cases and 693 recoveries./PN
