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The Department of Health on Tuesday said the Inter-Agency Task Force is looking into whether it is the right time to lower the alert level in the National Capital Region (NCR) amid the threat of the Omicron variant.
The Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX) lauded the government’s decision to downgrade the quarantine status in Metro Manila from Alert Level 3 to Alert Level 2.
Minors in the National Capital Region are now allowed to go outside after nearly two years of being forced to stay home due to the COVID-19 threat, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairperson Benhur Abalos said Friday.
“The de-escalation of NCR to Alert Level 2 can increase GDP (gross domestic product) by P3.6 billion and employment by 16,000 per week compared to the current classification (Alert Level 3),” the NEDA said in a statement.
The National Capital Region is expected to shift to Alert Level 2 from Alert Level 3 in November, Interior and Local Government spokesperson Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said Thursday.