The DOH said there is still no indication that the highly transmissible Omicron variant is now present in the country.
The test was done to determine if the three cases, including a 23-year-old overseas Filipino worker who flew in from Africa, had the Omicron variant.
The DOH on Saturday reported the positivity rate in the country remained at 1.8 percent and, for 22 straight days, well under the 5-percent benchmark set by the World Health Organization . “We see in our projections that with this type of mobility, with the level of vaccination, and with compliance to minimum health standards, cases will continue to go down up to the end of December,” she said.
People have to be cautious, but there is no need to panic or to be afraid, Vergeire said. “They just need to follow safety protocols.”
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