The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday said that the first case of Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16 was detected in Iloilo Province and was asymptomatic. Know more:
THE Department of Health on Wednesday said that the first case of Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16 was detected in Iloilo Province and was asymptomatic.On Tuesday, the DOH reported the detection of the first case of XBB.1.16, detected in 33 countries, based on the latest genome sequencing report from April 12 to 17.
At present, the DOH said that the WHO has yet to confirm symptoms of the Omicron sublineage XBB.1.1.6 variant such as “sticky eyes” or conjunctivitis. Aside from the known flu-like symptoms of Covid-19, other symptoms may vary from case to case and studies are continuously ongoing of what effects the virus may entail.
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