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NCR 'ripe' for Alert Level 1: Duque
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III stated that the National Capital Region (NCR) is ready to be downgraded to Alert Level 1 based on its current metrics.
Duque mentioned that the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) would deliberate on the potential deescalation of NCR and other regions to Alert Level 1 later that day.
He expressed that NCR's metrics are "ripe" for a lower alert status, with 83% of its senior citizens vaccinated and over 100% of its target population fully inoculated against COVID-19.
Additionally, OCTA Research reported a decrease in NCR's positivity rate to 4.9%, which is below the WHO's recommended threshold of 5%.
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