Manila Bulletin
IATF places 6 areas under Alert Level 3
Six additional areas in the Philippines will be placed under Alert Level 3 starting January 28 until February 15 due to a surge in coronavirus cases.
The provinces of Palawan, Camiguin, Davao Occidental, Dinagat Islands, Tawi-Tawi, and Sulu have been approved for escalation by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF).
This escalation aims to manage the increasing number of infections in these specific regions.
While new cases in Metro Manila have decreased, the surge has notably spread to other parts of the country.
The government is monitoring the growth rate of COVID-19 cases in 22 areas outside Metro Manila.
These areas of concern must further increase hospital bed capacities for COVID-19 patients to prevent their respective health care utilization rate from exceeding 70 percent.
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