DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said it is "too early to say" if there is already local transmission of Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1 in the Philippines despite the two recorded local cases in Metro Manila. "It’s too early for us to say that there is local transmission. Kailangan natin ng...
COVID-19 virus2 The Department of Health (DOH) has announced the presence of the Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1 in the country, involving 14 individuals. “We have detected 14 individuals with BA.2.12.1,” said Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire in a press briefing on Friday, May 13. Of...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) has already considered the case of the Finnish woman, who was identified as the country's first Omicron subvariant BA.2.12 case, as closed. “We've considered this case closed already because of the time log dahil nakita rin naman natin with our close monitoring...
DOH The six local close contacts of the country’s first case of the BA.2.12 Omicron subvariant have tested negative for Covid-19, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, May 6. "Six local contacts tested negative, while the remaining were not tested according to current protocols since...
Health reform advocate and former special adviser of the National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 Dr. Anthony “Tony” Leachon, on Thursday, April 28, urged the government to enhance its Covid-19 vaccination and booster programs following the detection of the Omicron subvariant called BA.2.12...
BAGUIO CITY -- Mayor Benjamin Magalong confirmed the detection of one case of Omicron variant sub-lineage BA 2.12 in the Summer Capital. Magalong said the patient is a 52-year-old female from Finland with a known co-morbidity of hypertension. She arrived in the country on April 2 and in Baguio on...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose 'Joey' Concepcion III has reiterated his call to redefine the "fully vaccinated" status to mean having received a booster shot against Covid-19 after the Department of Health (DOH) reported the first case of the new Omicron subvariant BA.2.12 in the...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 30, 2021 a doctor vaccinates a patient against Covid-19 at a vaccination center in Sonthofen, southern Germany, amid the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Germany's parliament on April 7, 2022 rejected a government-backed proposal for mandatory...
COVID-19 virus2 The Department of Health (DOH) said that the BA.2.12 Omicron subvariant is 2.5 times more transmissible than the original version of the Omicron coronavirus variant. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that this subvariant of Omicron is currently spreading in the United...
COVID-19 virus2 The Department of Health (DOH) has reported the presence of an Omicron coronavirus subvariant called BA.2.12 in the Philippines. The first case of the BA.2.12 Omicron subvariant involved a 52-year-old Finnish woman who arrived from Finland last April 2, the DOH announced. “The...
A health expert, on Monday, April 4, warned of a “possible” Covid-19 surge in the country amid the prevalence of the Omicron subvariant BA.2 or stealth Omicron and the waning vaccine immunity. Health reform advocate and former special adviser of the National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19...
There is no evidence that the Omicron subvariant could evade protection given by coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, an infectious disease expert said. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a Facebook post, Dr. Edsel Salvana explained that the Omicron subvariant BA.2, nicknamed the "stealth...
