ICYMI: The Philippines’ Department of Health announced on Tuesday, October 18, that it had detected the country’s first cases of the more transmissible COVID-19 Omicron subvariant XBB.
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Philippines’ Department of Health announced on Tuesday, October 18, that it had detected the country’s first cases of the more transmissible COVID-19 Omicron subvariant XBB.According to DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire, 70 of the detected cases have since recovered, while eight are under isolation. The status of the other three were unknown..
The spike in COVID-19 cases in Singapore is largely attributed to the said subvariant. On Saturday, October 15, Singapore’s Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said the waves of infections would likely peak mid-November, calling it a “short and sharp wave.” “For now, we don’t see any reason to tighten restrictions,” Vergeire said in Filipino. “The life cycle of a virus includes mutations and new variants. The system is ready for these new cases.”
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