‘Health facilities part of readiness vs COVID-19’
By Panay News -Tuesday, November 3, 2020
BACOLOD City – Health facilities constructed here and in Negros Occidental are part of the readiness of local government units (LGUs) in their fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to Secretary Vivencio “Vince” Dizon, the COVID-19 testing czar.
During the recent inauguration of a quarantine facility in Barangay Alijis, Dizon said the construction of isolation centers and dormitories is part of LGUs’ preparations so that if COVID-19 cases rise again, “they will be better prepared than before.”
When COVID-19 cases began to rise in Bacolod City and Negros Occidental, former congressman Abelardo “Albee” Benitez and retired Major General Mel Feliciano, chief implementer of the Visayas Inter-Agency Task Force, were talking almost every day for a week and were moving resources needed to assist the LGUs, Dizon revealed.