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JoCon pushes AL2 in NCR as COVID-19 infections decrease
By Nidz Godino
“We don’t want our economy to get COVID and we have to revive the economy…and the only way to do that is to start to realize COVID-19 is here and it may stay. ..we will have rise in infections, it will go down, but we have to live with that…there’s no other choice,” Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said over the weekend COVID-19 alert level in National Capital Region (NCR) could be downgraded to Alert Level 2 as infections in the region have decreased.
Given that OCTA Research reported COVID-19 reproduction number in NCR had eased to 0.50, Concepcion said country had to start reviving its economy.
“OCTA research projected that by the first week of February, the second week of February, COVID-19 infections in the NCR will decrease…we are asking for downgrade to Alert Level 2 in the NCR,” Concepcion stressed.
Under Alert Level 2 , second-lowest in alert level system certain establishments and activities are allowed at 50% capacity indoors for fully vaccinated adults (and minors, even if unvaccinated) and 70% capacity outdoors.
OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said Metro Manila may be placed under moderate risk by January 29.
He earlier said COVID-19 cases in NCR may drop to less than 500 on February 14.
Concepcion said de-escalation of alert levels in other areas of the country may depend on percentage of vaccination rate.
“In places in Visayas and Mindanao, it would depend on percentage of vaccination rate because in NCR we are over 90% or 100% here…so Alert Level 2 is justifiable in NCR,” he added.
The government placed Metro Manila and around 50 other areas under Alert Level 3 from January 16 to 31.
Under Alert Level 3, establishments would be allowed to operate at 30% indoor venue capacity but exclusively for fully vaccinated people and 50% outdoor venue capacity as long as employees are fully vaccinated.
In-person classes, contact sports, funfairs,perya, and casinos are among activities and establishments that are prohibited under Alert Level 3.
Concepcion also said private sector had intensified its COVID-19 booster jabs among its employees, adding that first and second dose vaccinations were already completed.
“Private sector employees completed their first and second doses…the private sector is now administering booster shots…in our company, we started right after New Year,” Concepcion claimed.
“All of those [companies] that bought AstraZeneca and Moderna vaccines are boosting their employees as we speak,” he added.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) recorded 132 new COVID-19 cases among its personnel, driving up total tally of coronavirus infections to 48,193.
Of this number, 1,607 cases are active.
Recoveries, went up to 46,460 after 122 cases got well.
The death toll on the other hand remained at 126.
The PNP also said that as of Monday at 12:01 a.m., 96.97% or 218,371 of its total active personnel of 225,202 have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Those who are partially vaccinated number 5,872 or 2.61% of the PNP active personnel.
Only 0.42% or 959 personnel remain unvaccinated against COVID-19, with 455 or 0.20% having valid reasons for not being inoculated.
The Department of Health on Sunday reported 16,953 new COVID-19 infections, raising Philippines’ total number of confirmed cases to 3,545,680.
Active cases were at 202,864.
Total recoveries reached 3,288,925, while the death toll rose to 53,891.
Philippines confirmed 16,953 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing country’s total to 3,545,680.
The positivity rate was also at 31.4 percent, lowest since Jan. 2 this year.
The Department of Health meanwhile also reported 27,638 new recoveries, pushing total number of Filipinos who recovered from disease to 3,288,925.
This means that the country has total of 202,864 active cases as of 7:30 in the evening Sunday.
Twenty new deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing country’s death toll from the disease to 53,891.
The National Capital Region and several other areas are set to ease quarantine restrictions starting in February as daily rise in cases go down.
A research group from University of the Philippines projected number of daily new COVID-19 infections in the Philippines may return to pre-surge levels by late February or March.
Worldwide, novel coronavirus has caused more than 372 million infections and over 5.66 million deaths since it was first reported in Wuhan, China in late 2019 according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center citing official reports.
United States remains most badly affected country with over 74.2 million infections and over 883,000 deaths.
Taking into account excess mortality linked to COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO)has estimated that overall death toll could be two to three times higher.
Philippines’ first COVID-19 case was 38-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan, China.
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