Higher vaccination numbers needed before considering Alert Level 1, officials sayChildren aged 5 to 11 years old, accompanied by their guardians, receive COVID-19 vaccine jabs at the Marikina Sports Complex on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, the fifth day of pediatric vaccination in Metro Manila. MANILA, Philippines — Metro Manila needs higher vaccination numbers before the national government can consider shifting to the more relaxed Alert Level 1 in the capital region, experts and officials said Sunday morning. "If we want to alert level 1...We must increase the vaccination rate so that everyone is safe that no matter what variant comes, the cases will not be severe or critical." "Given two weeks, I think we could be okay to deescalate to Alert Level 1," David told ABS-CBN's TeleRadyo in mixed Filipino and English. He added that some 200 million vaccine doses have arrived in the country with booster doses still up for delivery.

Source: Philippine Star February 13, 2022 08:33 UTC