Vergeire: All areas must be under Alert Level 1 first

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire stated that all areas in the Philippines must be under Alert Level 1 before any further downgrading of COVID-19 risk classification can occur.

Vergeire clarified during a Palace briefing that 'Alert Level 0' is not yet an official term by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).

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