5-11 age group vaccination in Capiz province (Photo courtesy of DOH-WV) ILOILO CITY - Iloilo City is eyeing a shift to Alert Level 0 but the Department of Health regional office in Western Visayas is still waiting for the national Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging and Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to issue guidelines on how to go about with the declaration. Based on the growth in cases, average daily attack rate (ADAR), health care utilization rate (HCUR) and vaccination status, Western Visayas is on Alert Level 1, according to DOH Senior Program Health Officer John Richard Lapascua in a virtual presser on Monday. "Currently, our IATF resolutions are for Alert Levels 1 to 4," he said. In another press conference on Monday, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Trenas said he is preparing a letter to request for the new classification as their Level 1 status is until Tuesday only. The mayor persuaded the national IATF to placed Iloilo City under Alert Level 1 on March
5-11 age group vaccination in Capiz province (Photo courtesy of DOH-WV) ILOILO CITY - Iloilo City is eyeing a shift to Alert Level 0 but the Department of Health regional office in Western Visayas is still waiting for the national Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging and Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to issue guidelines on how to go about with the declaration. Based on the growth in cases, average daily attack rate (ADAR), health care utilization rate (HCUR), and vaccination status, Western Visayas is on Alert Level 1, according to DOH Senior Program Health Officer John Richard Lapascua in a virtual presser on Monday. "Currently, our IATF resolutions are for Alert Levels 1 to 4," he said. In another press conference on Monday, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Trenas said he is preparing a letter to request for the new classification as their Level 1 status is until Tuesday only. The mayor persuaded the national IATF to placed Iloilo City under Alert Level 1 on March
(File photo) MANILA - The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has approved a recommendation to retain the National Capital Region (NCR) under Alert Level 2 status until the end of February, Malacanang said Monday. In a statement, Acting Presidential Spokesperson and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said aside from Metro Manila, other areas will also be placed under Alert Level 2 from February 16 to 28. Areas in Luzon under Alert Level 2 are Abra, Apayao, Baguio City, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga and Mountain Province in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR); Dagupan City, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union and Pangasinan in Region 1 (Ilocos); Batanes, City of Santiago, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley); Bulacan, Angeles City, Aurora, Bataan, Nueva Ecija, Olongapo City, Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales in Region 3 (Central Luzon); Cavite, Rizal, Batangas, Laguna, Lucena City and Quezon Province in Region
Philippine Red Cross emergency field hospital, Lung Center of the Philippines (Photo courtesy of PRC) MANILA - The shift to Alert Level 4 status in the National Capital Region (NCR) and neighboring areas is possible but only if the hospital bed utilization rate for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients increases to 71 percent. Acting Presidential Spokesperson, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, explained on Saturday that the escalation of the quarantine classification would also take into consideration the two-week growth rate, average daily attack rate (ADAR), and health care utilization rate. The ADAR is the number of new cases over a certain period divided by the population. The hospital bed utilization rate in NCR is at 60.03 percent, while the intensive care unit bed utilization is at 55 percent as of January 13. "We are talagang (really) actively monitoring our total bed utilization rate. So right now, nasa 60 percent pa siya. Hindi pa pumapalo ng(it is still at 60 per
(PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan) MANILA - The national government will not think twice about escalating the alert level status in the National Capital Region (NCR) and neighboring areas should the healthcare utilization rate (HCUR) reach the threshold for Alert Level 4, Malacanang said on Monday. This, according to Acting Presidential Spokesperson, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles after the Department of Health (DOH) announced that there is a probability that Metro Manila will shift to Alert Level 4 from the current Alert Level 3 amid the soaring number of Covid-19 cases. "We are actively monitoring all of the metrics and parameters na dapat natin tignan (that we need to look at) and even over and above that. As of the moment, hindi pa po siya tumatama doon sa tatlong metrics natin (it is not meeting the metrics) enough for us to declare Alert Level 4. But immediately pag tumama po 'yan (when it does), we will not hesitate to declare Alert Level 4 in any area or escalate any area