DOH urges public to get booster shots as protection against new Covid-19 variant, Omicron XE
Over 12.2 million Filipinos have received booster shots as of April 5 (Eagle News) – The Department of Health…
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DOH finds 618 more Omicron cases; 497 are local cases mostly “stealth Omicron”
Omicron cases detected nationwide; DOH probing how Omicron sublineage BA.2 became predominant in PHL (Eagle News) – More Omicron variant…
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DOH reports three more Omicron deaths, bringing total fatalities due to this variant to five
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported three more Omicron deaths, bringing the total deaths due to this…
4 years ago
Omicron ‘sub-variant’ throws up new virus questions
Latest Omicron subvariant dubbed BA.2 detected in Britain, 40 other countries including India, Denmark and Sweden by Isabelle TOURNÉ…
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PHL detects 492 more Omicron cases, including 2 deaths; new Omicron cases detected nationwide
New Omicron cases detected in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao; more local and ROF cases recorded (Eagle News) – The…
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Severe and critical COVID-19 cases on the plateau while percentage of rise in cases decreasing – DOH chief
Says trend of rising cases characteristic of Omicron variant; PHL still in critical risk (Eagle News) – Severe and…
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Contact tracing in NCR not a “priority intervention” due to very high COVID transmission, infection rate – DOH
(Eagle News) – Because of “very high transmission rate and high infection rate” of COVID-19 in the National Capital Region,…
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Omicron community transmission in NCR, Omicron could soon be dominant variant in PHL – says DOH’s Vergeire
Omicron characteristics noted in Metro Manila, other regions with high cases (Eagle News) – The Department of Health said…
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Entire PHL now at “critical risk” as Omicron declared “dominant variant”; 3,663% growth in COVID cases noted
But those infected with Omicron variant exhibiting "less severe" symptoms, faster incubation period, says DOH (Eagle News) – The…
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Metro Manila to be placed under Alert Level 4 if health care utilization reaches high-risk level, says IATF adviser
Dr. Herbosa says Alert Level 4 "possible" to be raised in NCR in the next few days with increasing hospital…
4 years ago
“Fleeting contact” is all it takes for Omicron to spread, says PHL health expert
But Omicron will only have "mild" effect on fully vaccinated, says Dr. Salvana who notes that PHL can ride the…
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NCR now at critical risk classification for COVID, entire PHL at high-risk after spike in cases, says DOH chief
1,475 percent two-week growth rate for COVID-19 observed in Metro Manila (Eagle News) – The Philippines is now at…
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