'Kailangan po natin tingnan ang kabuuan ng sitwasyon at hindi lang natin i-focus ang pag iisip at pag dedesisyon sa China,' says DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire.
MANILA, Philippines – While other countries have already tightened their border controls as China deals with a surge in COVID-19 infections, the Philippines is not keen on imposing new restrictions for travelers from that country.
“Kailangan po natin tingnan ang kabuuan ng sitwasyon at hindi lang natin i-focus ang pag iisip at pag dedesisyon sa China… Nakikita natin na not just in China, but in other parts of the Globe ay may nadedetect na ganitong variant,”The massive outbreak in China is driven by BF.7 subvariant of Omicron. The high transmission rate of BF.7 due to the many asymptomatic carriers is seen to be the reason why the Chinese government is having difficulty in taming the surge.
Vergeire said that despite the detection, the country saw no significant rise in COVID-19 cases, saying that current protocols are still effective. It is important to note that this is not the first time that BF.7 has made headlines. In October, BF.7 started to replace the variants that were then dominant in the United States and several European countries. The subvariant accounted for over 5% of US cases and 7.26% of UK cases in October.
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