Alert level 1

The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over just yet as there are still cases building in some areas of the Philippines. Metro Manila and several other provinces and towns will still remain under Alert level 1 of the COVID-19 alert classification, while other areas will be placed under Alert Level 2. This information comes from acing presidential spokesperson Secretary Martin Andanar.

He further states that the Inter-Agency Task Force for Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has approved the proposals to keep these areas under Alert Level 1 from May 16 to 31, 2022. 

Here are the following areas:

  • Cordillera Administrative Region (Abra, Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Baguio City)
  • Ilocos Region (Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, and Dagupan City
  • Cagayan Valley (Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, and City of Santiago)
  • Central Luzon (Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales, Angeles City, and Olongapo City
  • Calabarzon (Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, and Lucena City)
  • Mimaropa (Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro, Romblon, and Puerto Princesa City)
  • Bicol Region (Albay, Catanduanes, and Naga City)
  • Western Visayas (Aklan, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, Bacolod City, and Iloilo City)
  • Central Visayas (Siquijor, Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, and Mandaue City)
  • Eastern Visayas (Biliran, Eastern Samar, Southern Leyte, Ormoc City, and Tacloban City)
  • Zamboanga Peninsula (Zamboanga City)
  • Northern Mindanao (Bukidnon, Camiguin, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Cagayan de Oro City, and Iligan City)
  • Davao Region (Davao City)
  • Caraga (Surigao del Sur and Butuan City)

Aside from the list above these areas will also remain under Alert Level 1.

  • Cordillera Administrative Region: (Kiangan, Ifugao)
  • Bicol Region (Balud, Masbate; and Irosin, Sorsogon)
  • Central Visayas (Calape, Bohol; Garcia Hernandez, Bohol; San Isidro, Bohol; San Miguel, Bohol; Alcoy, Cebu; Borbon, Cebu; Oslob, Cebu; Pilar, Cebu; Santander, Cebu; Tudela, Cebu; Bacong, Negros Oriental; Dauin, Negros Oriental; Valencia (Luzarriaga), Negros Oriental; and Zamboanguita, Negros Oriental
  • Eastern Visayas (Tarangnan, Samar; and Zumarraga)
  • Zamboanga Peninsula (Mahayag, Zamboanga del Sur; and Diplahan, Zamboanga Sibugay)
  • Soccsksargen: (Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat)
  • Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) (Upi, Maguindanao)

These will be the areas that will be under Alert Level 2

  • Cordillera Administrative Region (Benguet, Ifugao)
  • Calabarzon (Quezon Province)
  • Mimaropa (Occidental Mindoro, and Palawan)
  • Bicol Region (Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Masbate, and Sorsogon)
  • Western Visayas (Antique and Negros Occidental)
  • Central Visayas (Bohol, Cebu Province, and Negros Oriental)
  • Eastern Visayas (Leyte, Northern Samar, and Western Samar)
  • Zamboanga Peninsula (City of Isabela, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte, and Zamboanga Sibugay)
  • Northern Mindanao (Lanao del Norte)
  • Davao Region (Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental, Davao de Oro, and Davao Occidental)
  • Soccsksargen (General Santos City, North Cotabato, Sarangani, Sultan Kudarat, and South Cotabato)
  • Caraga (Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Dinagat Islands, and Surigao del Norte)
  • BARMM (Basilan, Cotabato City, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi)

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