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The government’s pandemic task force has approved the recommendation of retaining the Alert Level 1 status of the entire National Capital Region (NCR) from May 16 to 31, 2022, Malacañang said Sunday evening.

The government’s pandemic task force has decided to place more areas under Alert Level 1 — the least strict among all alert level classifications — despite the threat of a surge in Covid-19 cases after the elections, Malacañang said on May 2.

Despite the fear of a surge in coronavirus infections next month and an Omicron subvariant entering the country, the government’s pandemic task force has decided to keep the National Capital Region (NCR) and many other areas in the Philippines under Alert Level 1, Malacañang announced.

In order to ensure a safe and efficient conduct of the progressive expansion of face-to-face learning in areas under Alert Level 1 and 2, the Department of Education (DepEd), on Tuesday, April 26, announced that it revised the School Safety Assessment Tool (SSAT).

The government’s pandemic task force has decided to keep the National Capital Region (NCR) in its current Alert Level 1 status from April 16 to 30, 2022, Malacañang said.

More areas in the country will be placed under the least restrictive Alert Level 1 amid the continuous downtrend in the number of Covid-19 cases.

Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año is pushing for the implementation of Alert Level 1 nationwide in a bid to boost the country’s economy.

Some index crimes were on the rise after many parts of the country were placed under Alert Level 1 as the Covid-19 situation improves tremendously, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Sunday, April 3.

BACOLOD CITY – Five local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental were placed under Alert Level 1, while the rest of the province remains under Alert Level 2 until April 15, 2022.

The government’s pandemic task force has decided to place the National Capital Region (NCR) and 198 other areas under Alert Level 1 from April 1 to 15, 2022, Malacañang announced on Thursday, March 31.

CEBU CITY—The city of Lapu-Lapu has been reduced to Alert Level 1.

Two years after in-person graduation and other related ceremonies were suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic, physical end-of-school-year (EOSY) rites are now allowed in schools located in areas under Alert Level 1 and 2.

The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has approved the amendments to the guidelines on the implementation of Covid-19 Alert Level 1, Malacañang announced.

The elderly in areas under an Alert Level 1 status may now safely go outdoors as long as they observe and properly practice minimum public health standards, a health expert said on Friday, March 18.

Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairperson Karlo Nograles has reminded all government instrumentalities to be prepared, following reports about the surge of walk-in clients at the Social Security System branch in Diliman, Quezon City.

It’s been two years since the Covid-19 was declared as a pandemic. No country was spared from its ill effects—increasing number of cases, lockdowns, loss of lives and livelihood, among others. But now, some nations, including the Philippines, are starting to see some semblance of normalcy as the Covid-19 situation continues to improve. Metro Manila was first put under an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) on March 15, 2020 and two days later—March 17, the Philippine government decided to implement the said strictest quarantine level in the entire island of Luzon in order to curb the rising number of infections then. “When the lockdown was enforced two years ago, I felt that it’s going to be difficult for most of the Filipinos because we were not used to that. It was scary at first knowing that our movements would be very limited,” said Renz Kenneth De Guzman, 26, a resident of Meycauayan in Bulacan. “During that time, the company that I was working for temporarily had to halt its operations. As a result, I was greatly affected and had to go back home,” he added. Under the ECQ, Filipinos were required to strictly stay at home. People would only be allowed to go out to access basic necessities such as buying food and medicine. Public transportation was suspended, businesses considered as non-essential were closed, and on-campus classes were suspended. Most work were also suspended while some operated in a skeletal workforce or have implemented a work-from-home arrangement. “As a healthcare worker, I was one of those people who got affected by the pandemic and lockdown that happened two years ago. The area of my life that really affected me so much was my job,” said Jennifer Orbigo, 26, a resident of Meycauyan in Bulacan. “It was much harder to continue working with a lot of restrictions, a lot of worries for myself and my family that I ended up having to stop working for a while,” she added.

Metro Manila will remain under the least restrictive Alert Level 1 along with 47 other areas across the country for the rest of the month, Malacañang announced.

Reiterating that the Covid-19 pandemic is not yet over, health reform advocate and former National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 special adviser Dr. Anthony “Tony” Leachon said that it is best to retain the Alert Level 1 status and not de-escalate to Alert Level 0 yet until election day.