DOH sees no increase in COVID-19 cases a week into 'new normal' Alert Level 1

People visit Manila Zoo on March 6, 2022, as the government placed some parts of the country on the lowest pandemic alert system.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health said it has yet to observe an increase in COVID-19 cases more than a week after Metro Manila and other areas were lowered to the most relaxed alert level.

The capital region and 38 other areas in the country were deescalated to Alert Level 1—or the 'new normal'—on March 1. Under this alert level, most capacity and movement restrictions are scrapped.

"At present, we have not seen any increase in COVID-19 cases since we have implemented Alert Level 1 in several areas in the country," the DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a statement.

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