
Negros, Bacolod to stay under AL2 until Dec. 15
Negros Occidental and Oriental, and Bacolod City will remain under Alert Level 2 from December 1 to 15, Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases spokesperson Karlo Nograles announced Monday, November 29.The rest of Western Visayas will also remain under Alert Level 2.The threat of the new COVID-19 Omicron variant, although it has not been detected in the Philippines yet, was taken into account in determining the alert levels, Nograles, who is also acting presidential spokesman, said.The Omicron variant poses a "very high" risk globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Monday."If another major surge of Covid-19 takes place driven by Omicron, consequences may be severe," WHO said."Increasing cases, regardless of a change in sev...







