(Eagle News)–The Philippines has registered its first cases of the BA.2.12.1 Omicron subvariant in Metro Manila and Palawan. According to the Department of Health, the two local cases from Metro Manila had no international travel history and were from the same cluster. Both cases tested positive last April 22, 2022, and have completed home isolation. The cases have been fully vaccinated. In Palawan, of the 12 BA.2.12.1 cases detected, 11 were foreign nationals and one […]
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PHL’s first Omicron subvariant BA.2.12 case had 44 close contacts: DOH
(Eagle News) — The country’s first Omicron subvariant BA.2.12 case had 44 close contacts, the Department of Health said on Thursday, April 28. According to the DOH, of the 44, nine were the 52-year-old Finnish woman’s close contacts in Quezon City, five in Benguet, and 30 were fellow passengers on the plane she rode on the way to the Philippines. The DOH has said upon arrival in the country on April 2, she did not […]





