DOH warns against false alert level info
The Department of Health (DOH) warns against spreading false information regarding the COVID-19 alert level system.
The Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) is currently reviewing the system, and DOH has recommended that future alert levels be similar to typhoon warnings.
Metro Manila remains under Alert Level 1, which means current restrictions remain in place without specific age or comorbidity-based limitations.
A recent IATF resolution retained Alert Level 1 for Metro Manila until further notice, while 26 provinces are at Alert Level 2.
DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire stated that face mask-wearing will not be made voluntary despite the rise in COVID-19 cases.
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