NegOcc readies contingency plan to reopen 2 Covid-19 hospitals
(File image courtesy of PIO Negros Occidental) BACOLOD CITY - The Negros Occidental provincial government will reopen its two other district hospitals dedicated to coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases once the need arises as more new infections are being recorded since the start of the year. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Wednesday he believes, although it cannot be confirmed yet, the highly transmissible Omicron variant is already in the province and infecting people very fast. "Right now, we have one Covid-19 hospital. If we need to open again the other two, we will open that...