THE National Capital Region (NCR) shall remain under Alert Level 3, along with 10 other areas.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) approved during a meeting on Thursday, October 28, 2021, the expansion of the pilot implementation of the Alert Levels System starting November 1, 2021 to cover Regions 3, 6, and 10, and Baguio City as an area for special monitoring.
Roque said starting November 1 until November 14, 2021, Aurora, Bacolod City, Negros Oriental, and Davao Occidental shall be placed under Alert Level 4.
Meanwhile, Bataan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, Iloilo City, Siquijor, Lanao del Norte, Davao City, Davao del Norte and also Baguio City, which is under special monitoring, shall be placed under Alert Level 3, he added.
Under Alert Level 2, on the other hand, are Angeles City, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Olongapo City, Pampanga, Tarlac, Batangas, Quezon Province, Lucena City, Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, Negros Occidental, Bohol, Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, Cebu Province, Bukidnon, Cagayan de Oro City, Camiguin, Iligan City, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Davao de Oro, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.
Roque added that the IATF likewise approved the risk-level classifications of provinces, highly urbanized cities, and independent component cities that are not yet included in the expanded Alert Levels System implementation.
Mountain Province, Catanduanes, and Zamboanga City shall be under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) from November 1 until November 15, 2021.
Abra, Cagayan, Isabela, City of Santiago, Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino shall be placed under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions from November 1 until November 30, 2021.
Placed under GCQ for the whole month of November 2021 are Ifugao, Benguet, Apayao, Kalinga, Ilocos Sur, Dagupan City, Batanes, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Albay, Naga City, Camarines Norte, Tacloban City, Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, General Santos City, Sarangani, North Cotabato, South Cotabato, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Butuan City, Dinagat Islands, Cotabato City, and Lanao del Sur.
All other areas not mentioned shall be placed under Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) for the whole month of November 2021, Roque said.