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Coronavirus mass testing for Bacolodnons, Negrenses set
CARLA N. CANET
August 24, 2020
Negros Occidental Economic Consultant former 3rd District Representative Albee Benitez. (Capitol PIO photo)
AS CONFIRMED cases of coronavirus disease continue to gain ground each day, the province of Negros Occidental and its capital City of Bacolod will do catching up by subjecting around 10,000 individuals to undergo a swab mass testing from August 28 to 31, 2020.
The proponent of this mass testing was Provincial Consultant on Economic Affairs former 3rd District Representative Alfredo Abelardo "Albee" Benitez.
Negros Occidental sets 4-day lockdown
Gilbert Bayoran (The Philippine Star ) - August 23, 2020 - 12:00am
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines — Negros Occidental will be placed on lockdown from Aug. 28 to 31 to allow testing of at least 10,000 people with symptoms of the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19.
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia and former congressman Alfredo Benitez, provincial government investment consultant, announced what they described as “timeout weekend” in a press briefing yesterday.
Benitez said mass testing would be conducted in this city, Bago, Talisay and Silay cities and Murcia town.
4-day ‘time-out weekend’ set in Negros Occidental, Bacolod for mass testing
By: Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnetInquirer Visayas / 03:58 PM August 23, 2020
BACOLOD CITY — A four-day “time-out weekend” will be held in Negros Occidental and Bacolod City in a bid to test and isolate individuals who contracted the coronavirus.
From August 28 to 31, former Rep. Alfredo “Albee” Benitez said 10,000 polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test, which detects the SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in the body, will be conducted for free.
Negros Occidental, Bacolod to hold Covid mass testing on August 28-31
4-DAY TIMEOUT. Negros Occidental and Bacolod City officials hold a joint press conference at Negros Residences, Saturday morning.
THE Provincial Government of Negros Occidental and Bacolod City have united to hold “timeout weekend” from August 28 to 31,2020, to arrest coronavirus disease (Covid-19) by mass testing of 10,000 individuals with flu-like symptoms and close contacts of positive patients.
Negros Occidental sets 4-day 'timeout weekend' with hard lockdown, mass testing
AUGUST 22, 2020 5:15 PM PHT
MARCHEL P. ESPINA
BACOLOD CITY, PHILIPPINES
All movement will be restricted during the province-wide 'timeout weekend' while the mass testing will target 10,000 persons with COVID-19 symptoms
The provincial government of Negros Occidental plans to implement a “timeout weekend” from August 28 to 31 to conduct mass testing of 10,000 symptomatic patients.
In a joint press conference of Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson and Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia on Saturday, August 22, Capitol consultant and former Negros Occidental representative Alfredo Benitez said that during the timeout weekend, “there will be no movement at all. There will be a lockdown for 4 days, while we test everybody."
Four-day lockdown set for Covid mass testing
Published on: 08/24/2020 | Section: Headlines
BY CARLA P. GOMEZ
Former Rep. Alfredo Benitez (2nd from left) with Bacolod Councilor Renecito Novero, Mayor Evelio Leonardia, and Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran (l-r) discuss the “timeout weekend” at a meeting Saturday.*Richard Malihan photo
A four-day “timeout weekend”, from August 28 to 31, will see the lockdown of four cities and one town in Negros Occidental for mass COVID-19 testing to curb the rising transmission of the deadly virus, provincial economic adviser, former Rep. Alfredo “Albee” Benitez, announced Saturday.
Special task force readies for Covid-19 mass testing
08/23/2020
Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia, Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, who chairs the city’s Inter-Agency Task Force, and Councilor Renecito Novero, chair of the Quarantine Centers Action Team, joined virtual meeting on “O-Plan: One-Time Big-Time Mass Testing” with Negros Occidental officials today, aftermotoday [August 23].
Joining the online meeting are Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, Board Member Ryan Gamboa, Provincial Consultant Alfredo Benitez, Talisay City Mayor Neil Lizares, Silay City Mayor Mark Golez, Bago City Mayor Nicholas Yulo, Murcia Mayor Gerry Rojas, and DOH-6 regional director Dr. Marlyn Convocar, a press rel;ease from the Bacolod Public Information Office said..
Special Task Force Meeting on Time-out Weekend
August 23, 2020
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