Follow guidelines, health protocols despite Alert Level 1 status, says Bing

BACOLOD City- Mayor Evelio Leonardia reminded residents here not to celebrate prematurely despite the de-escalation of this City to Alert Level 1.

The National Inter-Agency Task Force (NIATF) downgraded the alert level system of this city from Alert Level 2, last month to Alert Level 1 effective March 1 until March 15 following the decrease of the coronavirus disease-2019(COVID-19)cases.

“Being in Alert Level 1 is reassuring and it showed that our policies and practices have been hitting the targets, Leonardia said.

“At the same time, let us always remind ourselves that COVID is still here. We still need to use face masks because it is still a necessity under the circumstance. Let’s not prematurely disregard all these protocols because even in Alert Level 1, there are IATF guidelines that we need to follow,” the mayor further said.

Leonardia echoed his call for residents to still observe minimum health protocols so that the city can sustain its lowest community quarantine classification.

“Vaccination is our way to salvation,” the mayor added, stressing the importance of getting jabbed and being protected against COVID-19.

Meanwhile, the Department of Education( DepEd) in this city also resumed the face-to-face(F2F) classes for Grade 12 students at the Alangilan National High School (ANHS) in Barangay Alangilan.

The ANHS complied with all the requirements from the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to ensure the safety of students, teachers, and personnel.

The pilot run of the F2F classes in ANHS is composed of two groups with 20 students in each group.

Group A started their classes around 7:30 a.m. until 11:45 a.m. from Monday until Thursday, while Group B is holding classes the following week.

The EOC disclosed that several schools in this city are expected to hold also F2F classes./PN