The country’s first case of COVID-19 Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16, also known as Arcturus, has already recovered, according to the Department of Health. The DOH said the first recorded Arcturus case was from Iloilo province and was asymptomatic.
The agency announced the detection of XBB.1.16—a variant under monitoring by the World Health Organization and European Center for Disease Prevention and Control —on Tuesday, based on the latest genome sequencing from April 12 to 17.“[T]he Arcturus variant, or XBB.1.16, is a sublineage of the Omicron, which has the ability to evade immunity and is said to be more transmissible,” the DOH said.
Overall, risk assessment is said to be low,” the agency added.As to Arcturus’ symptoms, the DOH said that the WHO has yet to confirm if it involves “sticky eyes” or conjunctivitis.COVID-19 generally exhibits flu-like symptoms like fever, cough, fatigue, loss of taste or smell, sore throat, headache, body pain, and diarrhea, among others.
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