TheUS Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention has placed the Philippines along with two other countries under the high-risk category for the coronavirus. Read:
THE US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has placed the Philippines along with two other countries under the high-risk category for the coronavirus.
The Department of Health on Tuesday reported more than 1,000 infections involving Omicron coronavirus subvariants. She also said 19 more people got infected with the BA.4 subvariant, 15 of whom have recovered. Three were still under isolation and one died. The government had fully vaccinated 72.1 million Filipinos as of Aug. 15, while 17 million people have received their first booster shot, Ms. Vergeire said. More than 1.8 million people have received their second booster shot.
“Antivirals are a way forward considering how vaccinations are going right now and how we have seen cases come and go,” he said in a statement. “We need to bring in antiviral medicines to build up our defenses against COVID-19.”
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