Intrazonal and interzonal travel is allowed but is subject to reasonable restrictions under Alert Level 2 and 3. These restrictions will be determined by the local government units.
Metro Manila Alert Level 2
Lowering the Metro Manila alert level was floated by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) on Friday, January 28, 2022. Independent monitor OCTA Research also warned on Friday that COVID cases were not yet low enough to merit a downgrade to Alert Level 2.
OCTA fellow Guido David said that the healthcare utilization in the National Capital Region is currently at low risk. He cautioned, however, that all other metrics used by the Inter-Agency Task Force as the basis for the alert level classification remain at high risk.
David noted that the IATF might wait for cases to decrease even further and “that will be a long way away.” The stops and starts in the economy brought on by switching alert levels have done no favors for businesses in the country. The quick infection rate of the Omicron variant led to high COVID cases for the month. That all culminated in a single-day high of 39,004 positive cases on January 15.
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