Philippines health authorities urges vigilance as Covid-19 restrictions ease to minimum

People wearing face masks as protection against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) ride on a jeepney, in Manila, Philippines,on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. - Reuters

MANILA, March 1 (Xinhua): Philippine health authorities on Tuesday urged people to remain vigilant amid the easing of the Covid-19 restrictions to accelerate the economic recovery from the two-year pandemic.

The government downgraded the pandemic restrictions in Metro Manila and 38 other areas to alert level 1 from March 1 to 15 as Covid-19 transmission slowed and the hospitalization rate declined. The rest of the country is under alert level 2.