Top trending topic online! The provincial spokesperson confirmed that the province and Bacolod were unable to secure the NIATF’s approval for a four-day lock-down, source DNX News. According to DNX news, “Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia tells DNX they will continue with the two-day swabbing and concentrate on the mass testing. The mayor clarified, however, that it is up to the organizers of the Oplan One Time, Big Time to decide on the lockdown that was earlier declared to start 28 to 31 August.”

They also added, “Leonardia also said all the provisions of Executive Order No. 55 will continue to be implemented with emphasis on the mass testing and City Hall will evaluate after the two-day swab schedule.”

“Capitol spokesperson Charina Tan had told DNX tonight they were not able to secure the national inter-agency task force’s approval to impose a provincewide lockdown.”

Recently, Bacolod City logs 75 new Covid-19 positive cases today [August 27], the Department of Health – Western Visayas reported.

Negros Occidental, meanwhile, has 34.

The city and province have the highest number of additional COVID cases in Western Visayas today.

According to the news of Sunstar, “On the reports circulating on social media that “there is no lockdown” in Bacolod City during the “timeout weekend” on August 28 to 31, no press statement from the mayor yet.”

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