Cabinet Secretary and acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles said Monday (November 29) that the IATF has agreed to keep Metro Manila and other areas in the country under Alert Level 2 from December 1 to 15.
DESPITE the looming threat of a possibly more transmissible variant of Covid-19, the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has decided to keep the “status quo” for Metro Manila and other areas of the Philippines for now.
Cabinet Secretary and acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles said Monday (November 29) that the IATF has agreed to keep Metro Manila and other areas in the country under Alert Level 2 from December 1 to 15.
This, despite reports of the Omicron variant that has been detected in multiple countries since it was first reported in Botswana this month.
“The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) approved on Monday, November 29, 2021 the recommendation to place the National Capital Region under Alert Level 2,” Nograles said in a press statement Monday night.
Also placed under Alert Level 2 are:
•Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR): Benguet, Abra, Kalinga, Baguio City, Mountain Province, and Ifugao;
•Region 1: Dagupan City, Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte, La Union, and Pangasinan;
•Region 2: Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, and City of Santiago;
•Region 3: Angeles City, Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Olongapo City, Pampanga, Zambales, and Tarlac;
•Region 4-A: Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon, and Lucena City;
•Region 4-B: Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Puerto Princesa City, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan;
•Region 5: Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Sorsogon, Masbate, and Naga City;
•Region 6: Aklan, Antique, Bacolod City, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, Iloilo City, and Negros Occidental;
•Region 7: Bohol, Cebu, Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, Negros Oriental, and Siquijor;
•Region 8: Biliran, Eastern Samar, Leyte, Northern Samar, Ormoc City, Southern Leyte, Tacloban City, and Western Samar;
•Region 9: City of Isabela, Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, and Zamboanga Sibugay;
•Region 10: Bukidnon, Cagayan de Oro City, Camiguin, Iligan City, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Occidental, and Misamis Oriental;
•Region 11: Davao City, Davao del Norte, Davao de Oro, Davao del Sur, Davao Occidental, and Davao Oriental;
•Region 12: General Santos City, North Cotabato, Sarangani, South Cotabato, and Sultan Kudarat;
•Region 13 (Caraga): Butuan City, Surigao del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Sur, Dinagat Islands, and Agusan del Norte; and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao: Basilan, Cotabato City, Tawi-Tawi, Sulu, Lanao del Sur, and Maguindanao.
Meanwhile, the province of Apayao will be placed under Alert Level 3 from December 1 to 15.
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