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Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez on Thursday, Dec. 30, said that due to the alarming transmissibility of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease which is wreaking havoc around the world, the National Capital Region will remain under Alert Level 2 until Dec. 31 and granular lockdowns will be implemented in areas where there will be surges in COVID-19 cases.
Areas with a growing number of COVID-19 cases will be placed under granular lockdowns, Olivarez added.
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