Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (PNA File photo) MANILA-The alert level status in Metro Manila will be raised anew from the current Level 2 to Alert Level 3 from Jan. 3 to 15, 2022, Malacanang announced on Friday night. In a public announcement, acting presidential spokesperson and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) decided to shift to a more stringent alert level status as the country saw a spike in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections. "Nakita naman natin sa mga nakaraang araw ay nag-increase exponentiallyang mga kaso dahil saHoliday activitieskung saan tumaas angmovementng mga tao at bumaba angcompliancesaminimum public health standards.Isa rin sa dahilan angdetectionnglocal casesngOmicron variant (We saw an exponential rise during the past days because of the Holiday activities where there were increased movement and compliance with minimum public health standards may have b