Entire PH under Alert Level 2

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  • The entire Philippines is under Alert Level 2 for COVID-19 from December 16 to 31, 2021
  • There are eight countries under the red list, 41 in the green list, and the rest in the yellow list

The Inter-agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has approved placing the entire country under Alert Level 2 from December 16 to 31, 2021.

Cabinet Secretary and acting presidential spokesperson Karlo Alexis Nograles, in a press briefing, said the country will not yet be downgraded to Alert Level 1 despite declining COVID-19 cases because of the threat of the Omicron variant.

Alert Level 2 refers to areas where case transmission is low and decreasing, healthcare utilization is low, or case counts are low but increasing, or case counts are low and decreasing but total bed utilization rate and intensive care unit utilization rate is increasing.

Intrazonal and interzonal travel under Alert Level 2 is allowed subject to regulations of the local government unit of destination.

The establishments and/or activities allowed to operate is at a maximum of 50% indoor venue capacity for fully vaccinated individuals and those below 18 years of age, even if unvaccinated, and 70% outdoor venue capacity.

The alert level system refers to the new community quarantine classifications for dealing with COVID-19, and covers entire cities, municipalities and/or regions with the aim to manage and minimize the risk of disease transmission through the use of system indicators, triggers, and thresholds determined by the IATF.

The IATF also approved the new country risk classification for December 16 to 31, 2021.

Countries under the red list are Andorra, France, Monaco, Northern Mariana Islands, Reunion, San Marino, South Africa, and Switzerland.

Forty-one countries are under the green list: Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, British Virgin Islands, Chad, China, Comoros, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Montserrat, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Rwanda, Saba (Special Municipality of the Kingdom of The Netherlands), Saint Barthélemy, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sint Eustatius, Sudan, Taiwan, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, and United Arab Emirates.

Other countries not part of the red and green list are under the yellow list.

Green list countries and jurisdictions are considered as low risk for COVID-19 based on their disease incidence rate, while those on the yellow list are classified as moderate risk. Countries and jurisdictions under the red list are considered high-risk.