"Hanggang sa ngayon wala pa po tayong nade-detect na deltacron dito sa ating bansa. (We're closely monitoring and as some experts have said, I think the Philippines has been blessed that we've already had the BA.2 variant last January as we see that this has just arrived in parts of Europe and other countries.) "We're closely monitoring at katulad ng sabi ng ating ibang eksperto I think the Philippines has been blessed dahil nauna po tayo dun sa BA.2 nitong Enero dahil nakikita po natin ngayon sa ibang parte ng Europe at ibang bansa ngayon pa lang pumapasok ang BA.2 sa kanila," she said.
'Stealth' omicron more prevalent in latest genome sequencing: DOH.The omicron subvariants BA.1 and BA.2 drove the surge in the Philippines' COVID-19 cases last January, Vergeire noted. The BA.2.2 is a combination of omicron subvariants BA.1 and BA.2 first detected in Israel in a patient who presented mild symptoms, she said.
The country has yet to detect the "deltacron" or a recombinant variant of the delta and omicron, and the omicron subvariant BA.2.2, said Vergeire. Nearly half or 49.96 percent of hospital admissions were mild and asymptomatic cases, while 37.76 percent were moderate and 12.47 percent were severe and critical cases, based on DOH data. The Philippines logged an average of 534 virus infections each day from March 10 to 16, which is 29 percent lower than the previous week's daily average of 752 cases, according to data presented by Vergeire. "Our epidemic curve shows that while a swift decline followed a peak of cases, this decline has markedly slowed down over the past weeks," said Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire. MANILA ( UPDATE) - The decline in the country's COVID-19 cases has slowed down, the Department of Health said Friday. People spend time and exercise outdoors as the capital region remains under the loosest COVID-19 alert level on Maat the Pinagbuhatan Shrine in San Juan City.
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