Metro Manila remains under Alert Level 1 until April 30
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 RELATED STORY: Gov’t places more areas under COVID-19 Alert Level 1 from April 9-15
