The Department of Health is seeing a community transmission of the Omicron coronavirus variant in the National Capital Region although a peak in the number of cases is not expected until next month.
The Department of Labor and Employment and Philippine General Hospital to help manage the clinical services of the country's first hospital for OFWs in Pampanga.
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines - Episcopal Commission on Catechesis and Catholic Education has expressed support for the declared "health breaks" in schools in areas under Alert Level 3 as the country battles a surge in Covid-19 infections.
The Philippine Coast Guard has so far transported more than 2,000 tons of relief goods to areas in need following the devastation of Typhoon Odette last December.
The shift to Alert Level 4 status in the National Capital Region and neighboring areas is possible but only if the hospital bed utilization rate for Covid-19 patients increases to 71 percent.
Malacañang has renewed its call for local government units to consider house-to-house vax drives to get more senior citizens and persons with comorbidities vaccinated against Covid-19.
The Quezon City government heeded suggestions for an academic break as it announced Friday the class suspension from Kindergarten to Senior High School.