Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque bared on Thursday night, Nov. 4, 2021 that the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has approved the de-escalation of the National Capital Region (NCR) from alert level 3 to alert level 2.
This is in connection with the alert level system (ALS)--a strategy against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic that's being piloted by the national government in the NCR or Metro Manila.
"This (alert level 2) shall take effect beginning tomorrow, Nov. 5, 2021 until Nov. 21, 2021," Roque said in a statement sent to Malacañang reporters.
"Also approved is the recommendation of the sub-Technical Working Group on Data Analytics to base the alert level assignments on data that is nearest to the implementation date," he said.
He said that starting Dec. 1, 2021, alert level assignments shall be determined at every 15th and 30th of the month.
"Escalations, on the other hand, may be done at any time in the middle of the implementation period as warranted while de-escalations can only be done at the end of the two-week assessment period," said Roque, who also serves as IATF spokesperson.
"The IATF likewise directed the National Task Force Against COVID-19 (NTF), together with the Regional Task Forces and Regional IATFs, to provide weekly feedback on the progress and implementation on all areas identified for Alert Level System roll-out to the IATF," he added.
Roque said the IATF has also amended the Guidelines on the Implementation of Alert Levels System for COVID-19 Response in Pilot Areas to clarify the allowed movement of persons under varying alert levels.
Meanwhile, to measure the success of the implementation of the NTF-approved Phase IV of the National Action Plan Against COVID-19 (NAP Phase IV), the following recovery indices shall be used, namely, for Infection Management, the indices are the number of severe and critical cases per month, time gap from detection to isolation, and tests per case; for Vaccine Roll-out, the indices are the total vaccines administered per capita, new vaccine doses administered per capita, and fully vaccinated individuals; and finally, for Socio-Economic Recovery, the indices are the Purchasing Managers’ Index by IHS Markit, Google mobility to retail and recreation, and number of commercial airline passengers.