President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. retained the COVID-19 Alert Level System for the time being while a new classification system more compatible with the current milder strains is under study, the Palace said Tuesday. Read more:
A member of the Manila Police District Station 2 puts a face mask on a cargo hauler and other citizens without masks in Divisoria, Manila on Tuesday, amid a surge of COVID-19 cases nationwide.In a statement, the Palace said the government will come up with a new alert level classification by mid-August.
Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion also appealed to the Health Technology Assessment Council to allow citizens to take their second boosters and avert wastage of some 1,516,040 vaccines expiring by the end of July. Pending the reconstitution, Vergeire said they will streamline IATF meetings and processes with clear directives to assist in safe reopening and will be using the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council platform.
OCTA fellow Guido David said that based on their monitoring, a rise in positivity rate, as well as new infections in Calabarzon, Central Luzon, Western Visayas, Pangasinan, and La Union, has been observed. This means that the country posted an average of 2,091 new cases per day from July 11 to 17, according to the DOH’s latest bulletin.Overall, the country has logged a total of 3,735,383 confirmed COVID-19 cases, as of Monday, of which, 20,524 are active.New COVID-19 infections in Metro Manila, though, may have already peaked, he added.
She said the President was “very keen on booster doses” as a way to raise the level of immunity in the population.
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