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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 Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) lowered the status of Taal Volcano from Alert Level 3 to Alert Level 2 on Saturday morning, April 9, two weeks after the occurrence of a phreatomagmatic eruption in the main crater.

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.

Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi voted to put the National Capital Region (NCR) under Alert Level 1 starting March 1.

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Tuesday, Feb. 15 that they will assess the safety seal program being implemented by the government on Thursday and if it is up to par, then the National Capital Region (NCR) may ease to Alert Level 1 by the first week of March.

A health reform advocate expressed his approval following the country’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic task force’s decision to extend the Alert Level 2 status in Metro Manila.

The government’s pandemic task force has decided to keep the National Capital Region (NCR) under the coronavirus (COVID-19) Alert Level 2 while it placed seven other areas under Alert Level 3 from February 16 to 28, 2022.

A doctors' group on Monday, Feb. 14, said it is still too early to downgrade Metro Manila to Alert Level 1 this month as a lot of individuals are still not vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte recommended for the National Capital Region (NCR) to remain under the COVID-19 Alert level 2 quarantine status until the end of the month, the local government said on Sunday, Feb. 13.

Amid the decreasing number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in the country, a health reform advocate said that the Philippines should focus on creating a pandemic exit plan, conduct more testings, and ramp up its vaccination programs.

A health reform advocate urged the national government to “wait and observe” in the next two weeks if the cases will once again spike up before easing the country’s Alert Level status for coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The Taguig City government has allowed the playing of basketball, volleyball, football, and other contact sports in the city under Alert Level 2.

The Taguig City government has imposed restrictions on unvaccinated individuals and curfew for minors under Alert Level 2.

The Taguig City government has recorded more than 8,000 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in January with the surge of the Omicron variant in Metro Manila.

The “No Vaccination, No Ride” policy for commuters using public transportation in Metro Manila has been lifted on Tuesday, Feb. 1, as the capital region moved back into the more relaxed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Alert Level 2, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said.

CAVITE – Individuals 17 years old and below, even if unvaccinated, are now allowed in malls as the province reverts back to a less-restrictive Alert Level 2 starting Tuesday, Feb. 1.

San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora expressed hope that the low number of COVID-19 infections in the city would continue despite the threat of the more transmissible Omicron and Delta variants.

Policies limiting the movement of people in the National Capital Region (NCR) will be effectively suspended starting Tuesday as the region shifts to Alert Level 2 on February 1 to 15, 2022, Malacañang said.