Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 30) — The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has lowered the COVID-19 risk level for travelling to the Philippines as the situation in the country has improved.
The Philippines is now among 14 countries classified by CDC under “Level 2: COVID-19 Moderate.” These countries have recorded 50-99 new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people over the past 28 days.
In an advisory, the CDC said only “unvaccinated travelers who are at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19 should avoid nonessential travel” to Manila. Americans are still encouraged to get vaccinated or to update their COVID-19 vaccination before traveling.
The Philippines was classified under “Level 4: COVID-19 Very High” in February. It was lowered to Level 3 in early March.
Weekly data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed that 2,726 new cases were recorded in the week of March 21- 27. This means that the daily case average during the period was 389, about 24% lower than the previous week or from March 14 to 20.
The DOH projects infections to reach as low as 70 by end-April as long as Filipinos follow minimum health standards.
