- The National Capital Region’s COVID-19 alert level will be downgraded from 2 to 1 starting March 1-15
- Many other areas across the nation will also be under Alert Level 1 as the overall number of COVID-19 infections continue to slide
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) on February 27 approved placing the National Capital Region and 38 other areas under Alert Level 1 from March 1 to 15.
Apart from NCR, other areas in Luzon under Alert Level 1 from March 1 to 15, 2022 are:
• Abra, Apayao, Baguio City and Kalinga in the Cordillera Administrative Region;
• Dagupan City, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union and Pangasinan in Region I;
• Batanes, Cagayan, City of Santiago, Isabela and Quirino in Region II;
• Angeles City, Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Olongapo City, Pampanga and Tarlac in Region III;
• Cavite and Laguna in Region IV-A;
• Marinduque, Puerto Princesa City and Romblon in Region IV-B; and
• Naga City and Catanduanes in Region V
Under Alert Level in Visayas 1 from March 1 to 15, 2022 are:
• Aklan, Bacolod City, Capiz and Guimaras in Region VI;
• Siquijor in Region VII; and
• Biliran in Region VIII.
In Mindanao, the following areas are also under Alert Level 1 from March 1 to 15, 2022:
• Zamboanga City in Region IX;
• Cagayan de Oro City and Camiguin in Region X; and
• Davao City in Region XI.
Meanwhile, the IATF placed the following areas under Alert Level 2 from March 1 to 15:
For Luzon
- Cordillera Administrative Region: Benguet, Ifugao and Mountain Province;
- Region II: Nueva Vizcaya
- Region III: Nueva Ecija and Zambales;
- Region IV-A: Batangas, Lucena City, Quezon Province and Rizal;
- Region IV-B: Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro and Palawan; and
- Region V: Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Masbate and Sorsogon.
For Visayas
- Region VI: Antique, Iloilo City, Iloilo Province and Negros Occidental;
- Region VII: Bohol, Cebu Province, Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City and Negros Oriental; and
- Region VIII: Eastern Samar, Leyte, Northern Samar, Ormoc City, Southern Leyte, Tacloban City and Western Samar.
For Mindanao
- Region IX: City of Isabela, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga Sibugay;
- Region X: Bukidnon, Iligan City, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Occidental and Misamis Oriental;
- Region XI: Davao De Oro, Davao Del Sur, Davao Del Norte, Davao Oriental and Davao Occidental;
- Region XII: General Santos City, North Cotabato, Sarangani, South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat;
- Region XIII (CARAGA) : Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Butuan City and Dinagat Islands; and
- Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM): Basilan, Maguindanao, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Cotabato City and Lanao Del Sur.
