' High-risk events may spark virus surge—expert ' A government adviser has warned of a possible surge in COVID-19 cases in the next two months due to big events including the May 9 elections and religious events such as Ramadan and the----- Read it here👇
“We have the campaign period in politics, elections, and we have religious events like Ramadan and mass gatherings.
Political rallies, meanwhile, are mass gathering events in which attendees sometimes forget to wear their face masks properly.“This is a good reminder for us that COVID-19 cases could rise in next two months,” Herbosa said. Among the top regions with cases in the last two weeks were the National Capital Region with 1,395, followed by Region 4-A with 503 and Region 3 with 368.The DOH said the country’s bed occupancy rate remained at 16.1%, with 5,273 beds occupied and 27,430 beds unoccupied.
Herbosa said the government had so far not yet identified a case of Omicron XE, a possible new coronavirus variant linked to but is 10 times more transmissible than Omicron.