The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has placed five more areas under Alert Level (AL) 1 for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases until May 15, 2022.
Acting Presidential Spokesman Martin M. Andanar disclosed the IATF approved the recommendation of the Sub-Technical Working Group for Data Analytics to downgrade the risk level of said areas.
The following provinces given the new classification are Nueva Vizcaya and Misamis Occidental.
Also given the AL 1 classification are the following component cities: Talisay City in Cebu, Antipas in North Cotabato and Banga in South Cotabato.
“Their respective alert levels [will be] effective 3 May 2022 until 15 May 2022,” Andanar said in a brief statement.
Last Friday, IATF issued its updated list of AL 1 areas, which included 77 whole provinces, highly urbanized cities (HUCs), and independent component cities (ICCs) and 944 cities and provinces.
Business establishments and public transportations in areas under Alert Level 1 are allowed to operate at full capacity.