(PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan) MANILA - The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) is set to meet and discuss the possible de-escalation of Metro Manila from Alert Level 3 to the less strict Alert Level 2 following the downward trend in reported coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases, Malacanang said Tuesday. Cabinet Secretary and acting presidential spokesperson Karlo Nograles said the task force would study this and announce its decision before the month ends. "Dahil sa gumagandang datos sa National Capital Region, tatalakayin sa IATF kung handa na bang ma-deescalate ang Metro Manila sa Alert Level 2. Pag-aaralan pa ito ng IATF at asahan ninyong mailalabas ang desisyon bago matapos ang Enero (Because of the improving figures in NCR, we will discuss at IATF if Metro Manila is ready to de-escalate to Alert Level 2. We will study this and rest assured that a decision will come out before January ends)," he said in a Palace brief