All areas in Philippines at low risk for COVID-19 — DOH

A child looks on at a playground in Quezon City, suburban Manila 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 — All areas in the Philippines are now considered low risk for COVID-19 spread, the Department of Health reported Tuesday.

“All areas in the country, even those under Alert Level 2, are under low risk classification,” DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in Filipino.

The agency logged 4,131 additional COVID-19 cases, or an average of 590 infections per day, from March 7 to 13. The daily average was 35% lower than the average recorded from February 28 to March 6.

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