Metro Manila mayors unanimously call for Alert Level 2 extension until end-February

Members of the Manila Police District Raxabago station conduct profiling on 56 residents, including 25 minors, for violating health protocols and city ordinances which includes curfew for minors during a police operation in Tondo, Manila on Thursday night, Feb. 10, 2022.

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MANILA, Philippines — Mayors of Metro Manila's local governments signed a resolution recommending the national government's coronavirus task force extend the Alert Level 2 status in the capital region until the end of February, the Metro Manila Development Authority disclosed Monday. 

In MMDA Resolution No. 22-04, the Metro Manila Council said it has "prudently taken a uniform and united position" against relaxing restrictions down to Alert Level 1 despite the "encouraging [and] improving COVID-19 situation in the National Capital Region."

Though not binding in any way, the recommendations of the MMC have historically been mirrored by the coronavirus task force and later on been approved by President Rodrigo Duterte at the task force's meetings.

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