The COVID-19 alert level system nationwide will be used nationwide starting Monday, Malacañang announced on Saturday after the Inter-Agency Task Force's (IATF) approval.
Acting presidential spokesperson Karlo Nograles said the IATF agreed to implement Phase 4 of the Alert Level System, placing the remaining regions under respective Alert Levels from Nov. 22 to 30, after it was pilot-tested in Metro Manila.
Placed under Alert Level 2 are Benguet, Abra and Kalinga in the Cordillera Administrative Region; Oriental Mindoro, Puerto Princesa, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan and Occidental Mindoro in Region IV-B; Butuan City, Surigao del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Sur and Agusan del Norte in Region XIII (CARAGA); and Basilan, Cotabato City, Tawi-Tawi, Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
Under Alert Level 3 are Apayao, Mountain Province and Ifugao in the Cordillera Administrative Region; Dinagat Islands in CARAGA; and Sulu in BARMM.
