Kalinga Governor Ferdinand Tubban Jr. (Screengrab from PCOO Network Briefing News) BAGUIO CITY - The provincial government of Kalinga has sought an escalation to Alert Level 3 to control the sudden surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections in just over a week. "We are asking from the Regional Inter-agency Task Force (RIATF) to include Kalinga in Alert Level 3 because we are not under critical, high risk. Because biglang lumobo (there was sudden increase) in Covid-19 cases," Governor Ferdinand Tubban Jr. said during the Network Briefing News on Tuesday. From zero cases logged from December 25 to January 1, Tubban said the surge started on January 2 with only two active cases. As of Monday, the province, which is currently under Alert Level 2, has 87 active Covid-19 cases. Tubban said that as early as January 2, he met with leaders of the province, including the municipal leaders to plan and come up with executive orders appropriate to their respective areas to be