No border closure in NegOcc despite rising COVID cases in Iloilo

July 7, 2022

The provincial government of Negros Occidental does not intend to close its borders with Iloilo despite rising cases in the premier province of Panay.

“We will maintain the same situation and we do not intend to close our borders. We really cannot go back to the scenario of closing borders, of lockdowns. Right now cases are manageable and our hospitals have no build up for Covid cases. Cases are mild due to the vaccination drive,” Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said today.

The governor said that the province is still at Alert Level 2 “because of our performance in vaccination. Active cases have been going up and down. Lately it went to 33 but it went down again because of recoveries on new cases. We’ll see and observe what’s happening in Iloilo and how severe the cases are.”

The Department of Health Western Visayas Center for Health Development reported that as of July 6, Iloilo Province registered 28 new cases while Negros Occidental has only five new cases.*