Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN The presence of omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 in the Philippines is expected not to trigger a “massive” spike in the number of Covid-19 cases, an infectious disease expert believes. In a public briefing on Thursday, Feb. 9, Dr. Rontgene Solante said there is a...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has renewed his call for fellow Filipinos to be vigilant and to strictly adhere to the government’s minimum health protocols following the discovery of a new Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, also known as “Kraken,” in the country. The Department of Health (DOH),...
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN An infectious disease specialist believes that the newly detected omicron subvariant XBF would not cause an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in the country. Such a scenario is less likely to happen because of the high vaccination coverage in the country,...
COVID-19 virus The Department of Health (DOH) assured the public that it is constantly monitoring the emergence of new Covid-19 variants in light of the detection of omicron subvariants XBB.1.5 and CH.1.1. In a statement, the DOH said it is in constant coordination with the World Health...
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN The Department of Health (DOH) reported the country's first cases of Covid-19 omicron subvariants XBB.1.5 and CH.1.1. Three cases of CH.1.1 and one case of XBB.1.5 were found, based on the latest result of genome sequencing conducted by the Philippine Genome...
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN A total of 613 new cases of Omicron subvariants of the Covid-19 virus were detected, the Department of Health (DOH) said. The DOH said that 694 positive samples underwent genome sequencing that was conducted by the University of the Philippines – Philippine...
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN Forty-four new cases of omicron subvariants of the Covid-19 virus were detected, the Department of Health (DOH) reported. This was based on the results of the recent genome sequencing done by the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC)....
DOH The country saw 251 more cases of Covid-19, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Thursday, Jan. 19. In its daily update, the DOH said 10,863 Covid-19 patients are still receiving treatment or undergoing quarantine. The regions with the most cases in the recent 14 days were the National...
DOH Another 368 more cases of Covid-19 were confirmed, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Saturday, Jan. 14. The number of active cases nationwide rose to 12,473, as shown in the DOH Covid-19 tracker. In the past two weeks, Metro Manila registered the highest number of cases with 1,860. It...
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN Four out of the eight Filipino travelers who recently arrived in the Philippines from China were found to be carrying Omicron subvariants BF.7 and BA.5.2, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, Jan. 13. This was based on the result of the whole genome...
DOH The Department of Health allayed fears of the public amid growing concerns about the Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5. However, Filipinos should not let their guards down at this point in time. Currently, the Philippines is still free of this more transmissible subvariant of the Omicron variant of...
LAGUNA – The local government unit (LGU) of Nagcarlan is heightening its border control and health monitoring protocols amid the threat of the Covid-19 Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5. Memorandum Circular No. 1, Series of 2023, signed by Mayor Elmor Vitangcol Vita on Jan. 4, showed that the LGU...
