To note, the Department of Health (DOH) has yet to officially confirm if there is already a community transmission of Omicron variant in the Philippines.
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“Sa situation natin ngayon , with the enormous number of people being positive with just a short duration of time and most of them are manifesting with an upper respiratory tract symptoms, then I would say there is already community transmission of Omicron variant,” said Dr. Rontgene Solante, chief of the Adult Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine unit of the San Lazaro Hospital, during a public briefing on Saturday, Jan. 8.
To note, the Department of Health has yet to officially confirm if there is already a community transmission of Omicron variant in the Philippines. “Alam naman natin na ang escalation to a higher alert level will always be dictated by the number of cases—I mean, with the [situation in] hospital facilities now, shortage of health workers, and most of those patients with high transmissibility in the community, then I would think–in my opinion, we need a higher level than what we have now,” said Solante.
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