VACATION SPOT Bus trips to Baguio City from Metro Manila and other parts of northern and central Luzon and vice versa are gradually increasing as health and travel restrictions are eased due to the continuous decline in COVID-19 cases around the country. INQUIRER file photo / EV ESPIRITU
MANILA, Philippines — Metro Manila will remain under Alert Level 1, the least restrictive in the government’s five-tiered alert level system, until the end of April, Malacañang announced on Wednesday.
This was decided by the government’s pandemic policy-making body, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, acting presidential spokesman Martin Andanar said.
Also placed under Alert Level 1 from April 16 to April 30 are:
Abra
Apayao
Baguio City
Mountain Province
Kalinga
Dagupan City
Ilocos Norte
Ilocos Sur
La Union
Pangasinan
Batanes
Cagayan
City of Santiago
Isabela
Quirino
Angeles City
Aurora
Bataan
Bulacan
Nueva Ecija
Olongapo City
Pampanga
Tarlac
Zambales
Batangas
Cavite
Laguna
Lucena City
Rizal
Marinduque
Puerto Princesa City
Romblon
Oriental Mindoro
Catanduanes
Naga City
Albay
Aklan
Bacolod City
Capiz
Guimaras
Iloilo City
Cebu City
Lapu-Lapu City
Mandaue City
Siquijor
Biliran
Eastern Samar
Ormoc City
Southern Leyte
Tacloban City
Zamboanga City
Cagayan de Oro City
Camiguin
Bukidnon
Misamis Oriental
Iligan City
Davao City
Butuan City
Surigao del Sur
Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya
Basud, Camarines Norte
Anini-y, Antique
New Lucena, Iloilo
Tubungan, Iloilo
City of Victorias, Negros Occidental
Sevilla, Bohol
Sapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental
Tantangan, South Cotabato
Meanwhile, the following areas are placed under Alert Level 2 from April 16 to 30, Andanar said:
Benguet
Ifugao
Nueva Vizcaya
Quezon Province
Occidental Mindoro
Palawan
Camarines Norte
Camarines Sur
Masbate
Sorsogon
Antique
Negros Occidental
Iloilo Province
Bohol
Cebu
Negros Oriental
Leyte
Northern Samar
Western Samar
City of Isabela
Zamboanga del Sur
Zamboanga del Norte
Zamboanga Sibugay
Lanao del Norte
Misamis Occidental
Davao del Norte
Davao del Sur
Davao Oriental
Davao de Oro
Davao Occidental
General Santos City
North Cotabato
Sarangani
Sultan Kudarat
South Cotabato
Agusan del Norte
Agusan del Sur
Dinagat Islands
Surigao del Norte
Basilan
Cotabato City
Lanao del Sur
Maguindanao
Sulu
Tawi-Tawi
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