FILE PHOTO: Parents and children relax at a public park, as the country’s capital region loosens new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, November 2, 2021. Picture taken November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David
MANILA, Philippines — Metro Manila will remain under COVID-19 Alert Level 2 until December 15, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced Monday.
Nograles said in a statement that the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases gave a green light on the recommendation to retain Metro Manila’s existing alert level.
Other areas placed under COVID-19 Alert Level 2 from December 1-15 are:
Cordillera Administrative Region
- Benguet
- Abra
- Kalinga
- Baguio City
- Mountain Province
- Ifugao
Region I
- Dagupan City
- Ilocos Sur
- Ilocos Norte
- La Union
- Pangasinan
Region II
- Batanes
- Cagayan
- Isabela
- Nueva Vizcaya
- Quirino
- City of Santiago
Region III
- Angeles City
- Aurora
- Bataan
- Bulacan
- Nueva Ecija
- Olongapo City
- Pampanga
- Zambales
- Tarlac
Region IV-A
- Cavite
- Laguna
- Batangas
- Rizal
- Quezon
- Lucena City
Region IV-B
- Occidental Mindoro
- Oriental Mindoro
- Puerto Princesa City
- Marinduque
- Romblon
- Palawan
Region V
- Albay
- Camarines Norte
- Camarines Sur
- Catanduanes
- Sorsogon
- Masbate
- Naga City
Region VI
- Aklan
- Antique
- Bacolod City
- Capiz
- Guimaras
- Iloilo
- Iloilo City
- Negros Occidental
Region VII
- Bohol
- Cebu
- Cebu City
- Lapu-Lapu City
- Mandaue City
- Negros Oriental
- Siquijor
Region VIII
- Biliran
- Eastern Samar
- Leyte
- Northern Samar
- Ormoc City
- Southern Leyte
- Tacloban City
- Western Samar
Region IX
- City of Isabela
- Zamboanga City
- Zamboanga del Norte
- Zamboanga del Sur
- Zamboanga Sibugay
Region X
- Bukidnon
- Cagayan de Oro City
- Camiguin
- Iligan City
- Lanao del Norte
- Misamis Occidental
- Misamis Oriental
Region XI
- Davao City
- Davao del Norte
- Davao de Oro
- Davao del Sur
- Davao Occidental
- Davao Oriental
Region XII
- General Santos City
- North Cotabato
- Sarangani
- South Cotabato
- Sultan Kudarat
Region XIII
- Butuan City
- Surigao del Norte
- Agusan del Sur
- Surigao del Sur
- Dinagat Islands
- Agusan del Norte
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
- Basilan
- Cotabato City
- Tawi-Tawi
- Sulu, Lanao del Sur
- Maguindanao
Meanwhile, Nograles also said that COVID-19 Alert Level 3 will be raised over the province of Apayao during the same period.
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