Most already tagged as recovered; DOH reminds public to always wear face masks (Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported the detection of 140 more cases of the highly infectious Omicron variant BA.5, with majority of the cases coming from Region 6 or Western Visayas region. The DOH also reported 20 additional BA.2.12.1 cases, and seven additional BA.4 cases. These two Omicron sub-variants are also highly infectious. In a briefing on Thursday, July 7, […]
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Philippines logs Omicron subvariant BA.4 case
(Eagle News)–The Philippines has logged a case of the Omicron subvariant BA.4. According to the Department of Health, the Omicron BA.4, tagged as a variant of concern by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, was detected in a Filipino who flew in from the Middle East on May 4. The DOH said the positive result was based on a test conducted on the Filipino’s specimen on May 8. The Filipino, the DOH said, […]





