NCR mayors to recommend next alert level —MMDA

Mayors of the National Capital Region (NCR) are set to issue a recommendation on the next alert level that would be implemented for the rest of February, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said on Monday.

In a radio interview, MMDA officer-in-charge General Manager Romando Artes refused to disclose the suggested alert level for the region as the signatures for the recommendation are not yet complete.

“Mamaya maglalabas po tayo ng MMC resolution na nagrerekomenda regarding sa alert level dito sa NCR [Later we will issue a Metro Manila Council resolution regarding the alert level here in NCR],” he said.

The recommendation will be forwarded to the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, according to Artes.

On Saturday, presidential adviser for entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion reiterated his proposal to de-escalate the quarantine status of the NCR to lowest Alert Level 1, to further boost the country’s economic recovery.

“We recommended moving to Alert Level 1, sana [hopefully] by March. Matagal na ang sitwasyon na on-and-off ang ating ekonomiya [Our economy has been in an on-and-off situation for so long],” Concepcion said

On Sunday, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said the IATF will discuss this Monday whether the NCR is ready to shift to Alert Level 1 or what the Department of Health says is the "new normal."  —KBK, GMA News