Manila casinos close as Philippines Govt. raises COVID-19 alert level

The Philippines government ordered casinos and other gaming establishments to close after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) recommended raising the COVID-19 alert level in Metro Manila from Level 2 to Level 3, to try to limit infections by the Omicron coronavirus variant that is spreading globally. 
Alert Level 3 is in place from January 3 until…