Iloilo City will be joining 39 other areas under the Alert Level 1 status starting Friday until March 15, Malaca\u00f1ang announced Thursday.<\/p>\n
Acting presidential spokesperson Martin Andanar said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) approved the recommendation after the city met the prescribed criteria for a lower alert level status.<\/p>\n
“The Inter-Agency Task Force on Thursday, March 10, 2022, approved the de-escalation of Iloilo City to Alert Level 1 after meeting the prescribed criteria for de-escalation to Alert Level 1 of the sub-Technical Working Group on Data Analytics,” Andanar said in a press statement.<\/p>\n
In a March 8 letter, Iloilo City mayor Jerry Tre\u00f1as appealed to de-escalate the alert level system in the city from Alert Level 2 to Alert Level 1 citing a “drastic decrease” in the number of Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith tight surveillance, stringent implementation of health protocols, massive RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) testing, swift isolation of close contacts with concomitant disinfection, Covid-19 infection in Iloilo City has dramatically decreased. This significant data must be given preferential attention and considerable weight to merit the de-escalation of our alert level status to Level 1,\u201d Tre\u00f1as said in his letter.<\/p>\n
Metro Manila and 38 other areas are under Alert Level 1 until March 15.<\/p>\n
Socioeconomic planning secretary Karl Chua on Monday said placing the entire country under Alert Level 1 will help cushion the economic impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n
However, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said he is not in favor of placing the entire country under the lowest alert level at this point.<\/p>\n
In its weekly reporting format, the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday recorded 6,297 new Covid-19 infections from March 1 to 7.<\/p>\n
The agency will now be releasing weekly case bulletins on Mondays. (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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