The Philippines has detected the country’s first confirmed cases of the Omicron XBB subvariant and XBC variant of the coronavirus, the Department of Health (DOH) said Tuesday. READ:
DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said some 81 cases of XBB were detected in two regions.
“So far, the large majority of patients continue to report mild symptoms such as sore throat or slight fever, especially if they have been vaccinated,” the DOH said in a statement. But other global health agencies such as the World Health Organization and the European Centers for Disease Control have yet to determine the risk this variant poses, the DOH added.
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