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. | carlapgomezINQ
Benitez noted that Bacolod and Negros Occidental have the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Western Visayas.
Benitez stressed the need to step up the tracing, testing, and treating of COVID-19 afflicted persons.“That is why we need to play catch up in the battle versus the virus that is spreading in our community with the rising transmission rates. We can then isolate those who test positive, he added.
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