Alert Level 1 in more than 30 areas

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Aside from the highly-urbanized Bacolod City, 29 other areas in the country will be deescalated to Alert Level 1 from March 1 to March 15, the national Inter-Agency Task Force announced this afternoon, Feb. 27, through Cabinet Secretary and acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles.

Also Under Alert Level 1 are Aklan, Capiz and Guimaras, all in Region VI, the National Capital Region, 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, all of Luzon;

Siquijor in Region VII and Biliran in Region VIII.

This will be the first time that the national IATF will place an area under AL1, and the guidelines that each local government unit must comply with will be released soon.

Negros Occidental will remain on Alert Level 2, along with Iloilo City, Iloilo Province and the rest of the country. | NND