The government's pandemic task force will be deciding over the weekend on whether to deescalate Metro Manila to a less restrictive Alert Level 2 by the next month February, MalacaΓ±ang said Wednesday. The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases is set to meet on Thursday in order to discuss the parameters regarding the COVID-19 situation in the metropolis, Cabinet Secretary and acting presidential spokesman Karlo Nograles said. However, the task force will decide on the alert levels over the weekend so that it would be "closest as possible" to Feb. 1.
“We want to do it as close to Feb. 1 as possible. Tomorrow we will look at the numbers, perhaps we will have to make a decision, as far as Metro Manila is concerned, over the weekend,” Nograles, who also sits as the IATF co-chairman, said in an interview over CNN Philippines’ The Source.
“We want to make a decision as closest to Feb. 1 as possible. Maybe I will probably announce this over the weekend either, Saturday or Sunday,” he stated.
Nograles stated that the IATF will be observing the COVID-19 two-week growth rate, average daily attack rate, and the hospital bed utilization rate in Metro Manila. In which, it will serve as the basis for the task force's decision on whether to downgrade the capital region to Alert Level 2. Metro Manila is currently placed under Alert Level 3 until Jan. 31. Health authorities and experts have observed a decline of COVID-19 infections in Metro Manila.
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INQUIRER.NET
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Published by: Aliyah Margareth C. Imbat
Date Published: January 26, 2022
Time Published: 7:17 PM
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