Manila Bulletin
COVID Alert Level 2 for NCR? IATF to decide before Feb. 1
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) will convene on January 27 to discuss the potential downgrade of Metro Manila's COVID-19 alert level from 3 to 2 for the first half of February.
This consideration comes in response to the declining number of COVID-19 cases in the National Capital Region.
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles stated that the IATF-EID will announce its decision regarding the alert level de-escalation on the weekend.
He mentioned that the task force will analyze metrics such as bed utilization rate, average daily attack rate, and the two-week growth rate.
Nograles noted that Metro Manila is seeing a decrease in cases, potentially resulting in a lower or negative growth rate.
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