DOH records first case of Omicron XBB.1.16 in PHL | Claudeth Mocon-Ciriaco

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DOH records first case of Omicron XBB.1.16 in PHL | Claudeth Mocon-Ciriaco
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The Philippines has detected its first case of Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday. Know more:

Claudeth Mocon-Ciriaco is a grant recipient and fellow of 2017 media fellowship program by Probe Media Foundation Inc. She is a graduate of Bachelor of Mass Communication from the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila . After graduating in 2000 she immediately worked as a newspaper correspondent for Today Newspaper until 2005.

Within those five years in Today Newspaper, she was assigned to cover the Eastern Police and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority , the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines , Rizal Province, and the Departments of Labor and Employment and Tourism . In October of 2005, she became a correspondent for the Philippine Business Daily Mirror Publishing, Inc.

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