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Outside of China, many experts have their attention on the US and Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, which has been detected in 29 countries so far. Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s Covid-19 technical lead, said it was “the most transmissible subvariant that has been detected yet.” However there is no indication as yet that XBB.1.5 — which has been spreading rapidly in the northeastern United States — causes more severe disease than other types of Covid. […]
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, […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines logged 32 more cases of the transmissible Omicron BA.5 subvariant, the Department of Health said on Wednesday, June 22. According to the DOH, Heath Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire, with the additional cases, the total BA.5 Omicron subvariant cases in the country was now at 43. The DOH said of the new Omicron Ba.5 subvariant cases, 21 came from Western Visayas, four from Calabarzon, four from Metro Manila, and three from […]
(Eagle News) – Ten more cases of the two more transmissible Omicron variant sub-lineages have been detected recently, the Department of Health (DOH) announced on Tuesday, June 7. There were seven more BA2.12.1 cases and three BA.5 cases in the latest sequencing run of 190 samples, where 114 are Omicron cases. “Among the 114 new Omicron cases, additional emerging Omicron sublineages were detected: BA.2.12.1 – 7 cases; BA.5 – 3 cases,” the DOH said. […]
(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, […]
Latest Omicron subvariant dubbed BA.2 detected in Britain, 40 other countries including India, Denmark and Sweden by Isabelle TOURNÉ Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Scientists are keeping a close watch on a recently-discovered sub-variant of the Omicron version of the Covid-19 virus to determine how its emergence could effect future pandemic spread. The initial Omicron variant has become the dominant virus strain in recent months but British health authorities have notably identified […]
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel has confirmed a case of a subvariant of the Delta strain of the coronavirus previously reported in some European countries, the health ministry said. “The variant AY 4.2. that has been discovered in a number of countries in Europe has been identified in Israel,” a ministry statement said late Tuesday. An 11-year-old boy arriving from Europe was the carrier, the ministry said, adding that the case was identified at Ben Gurion […]
