The government's pandemic task force has decided to place Iloilo City under Alert Level 1, joining 39 other areas in the same risk classification level until March 15, Malacañang announced.
People go about their daily business at Plazoleta Gay in downtown Iloilo City. (Tara Yap/Manila Bulletin)
Iloilo will be placed under the Alert Level 1 starting March 15.In a brief statement issued last Thursday, Acting Presidential Spokesperson Martin M. Andanar said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF) approved the recommendation during its meeting on Thursday. He said the decision was…
MANILA - Iloilo City will be joining 39 other areas under the Alert Level 1 status starting Friday until March 15, Malacanang announced Thursday. Acting presidential spokesperson Martin Andanar said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) approved the recommendation after the city met the prescribed criteria for a lower alert level status. "The Inter-Agency Task Force on Thursday, March 10, 2022, approved the de-escalation of Iloilo City to Alert Level 1 after meeting the prescribed criteria for de-escalation to Alert Level 1 of the sub-Technical Working Group on Data Analytics," Andanar said in a press statement. In a March 8 letter, Iloilo City mayor Jerry Trenas appealed to de-escalate the alert level system in the city from Alert Level 2 to Alert Level 1 citing a "drastic decrease" in the number of Covid-19 cases. "With tight surveillance, stringent implementation of health protocols, massive RT-PCR (reverse tra
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