Beginning January 9, 14 more areas will be placed under Alert Level 3

Cabinet Secretary and acting presidential spokesperson Karlo Nograles stated in a taped briefing with President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday night that the government’s pandemic task force, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, consented to elevate the following zones to a stricter alert level:

1. Dagupan City
2. City of Santiago
3. Cagayan province
4. Olongapo City
5. Angeles City
6. Bataan
7. Pampanga
8. Zambales
9. Naga City
10. Iloilo City
11. Lapu-Lapu City
12. Batangas
13. Lucena City
14. Baguio City

Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, and Rizal are now on Alert Level 3 till January 15, while Laguna will be on the same level beginning January 7.