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ALERT Level 2 is possible.
Thus, said the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday should COVID-19 cases continue to increase in the country.Alert Level 1 still remains in the National Capital Region, the lowest in the alert level system — until June 15.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the possibility would always be there if cases continue to increase. She added that the slight rise in cases in the past weeks has not been sustained. “Pero ang kailangan po maintindihan ng ating mga kababayan, we are learning to live with the virus. Alam po natin hindi aalis ang virus na ito. It will stay with us,” she added.
She stressed that mild and asymptomatic cases should be “acceptable.”
Vergeire said 14 out of 17 areas in Metro Manila showed an increase in cases.
“Ang pinakaimportante, hindi pa natin nakikitang tumataas ang severe and critical na mga kaso at hindi pa din nagkakaroon ng problema sa ating mga ospital by observing kung meron man increase of admission,” she said.
Vergeire also clarified that the warning system of local government units is different from the alert level system.
“‘Yun pong ating mga warning system sa mga local government is different from our alert level system. Our alert level system po nationally, this applies to all areas in the country,” she said.
Meanwhile, she said the Quezon City Government’s warning system is composed of white, yellow for an observed increase in cases, and red for a sustained increase in cases and admissions.
“So nag leak po ang information, but really ang Quezon City was just trying to prepare and guide the public, ‘yung kanilang Quezon City community… hindi po dapat ipangamba,” she said.
Vergeire said the city remains at low risk for COVID-19
