The government should increase the vaccination rate for senior citizens before placing Metro Manila under Alert Level 1, Health Undersecretary and National Vaccination Operations Center Chair, Myrna Cabotaje said.
The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases is keeping Metro Manila under Alert Level 2 from February 16 to 28.
Malacañang is expected to announce the new alert level status in Metro Manila later today, February 14.
The government will assess whether the National Capital Region (NCR) can downgrade to Alert Level 1 by “February 12 or 13,” Malacañang said Wednesday.
Malacañang has reminded parents to keep children safe from Covid-19 as Metro Manila and six other provinces de-escalated to Alert Level 2 from February 1 to 15.
Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Tuesday she had nothing to say against the return to Alert Level 2 of Metro Manila and other major urban areas around the country as long as it was based on scientific evidence.
The government’s Covid-19 task force is still studying the alert level classification in Metro Manila for February, Malacañang said Friday.
The government’s Covid-19 task force is still studying the alert level classification in Metro Manila for February, Malacañang said Friday.
The government is monitoring 22 areas outside Metro Manila experiencing an increase in new Covid-19 cases, Malacañang said.
The surge of Covid-19 infections in Metro Manila have peaked, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said as the case number has been going down in the past few days.
