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O is yet to be dominant despite spike in COVID cases — DOH exec
By Nidz Godino
“I think we now have still the Delta around but since we reported our first Omicron case way back December 5 and there has been continuous increase in sequencing of this Omicron virus, it looks like we will presume that Omicron is here but it’s still not dominant,” despite increase in number of COVID-19 infections in the past days, Health Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega said Omicron coronavirus variant is not yet dominant in the country.
Vega, also said country’s treatment czar, said Omicron could be dominant in the next three to four weeks. He also noted that the Delta variant is still threatening the country.
“I think in about three to four weeks, as predicted, Omicron will be dominant in terms of 50% to 90% of the cases, overtaking Delta virus…but the Delta virus is definitely still around with us,” he stressed.
Vega said COVID-19 infections would still peak in the coming days, adding that it is uncertain when cases will decelerate. He said Omicron has high transmissibility rate, which is 30 to 50% higher compared to Delta.
“We are preparing our health system capacity, our testing, isolation so that we are all prepared in this another ride in the wave of this Omicron virus,” Vega said.
The recent increase in number of COVID-19 cases prompted national government to place Metro Manila under Alert Level 3 from January 3 to 15. At present, the COVID-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila “slowed down” to 28.7%, according to independent OCTA Research Group.
On Sunday, Philippines recorded 4,600 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing country’s active case tally to 21,418. The total caseload now stands at 2.851 million which includes 2.778 million recoveries, and 51,570 deaths.
The country had detected three local cases of Omicron variant, two from National Capital Region and one from Bicol Region. So far, number of Omicron variant cases in the country has reached 14.
Meanwhile, Vega also allayed concerns regarding report on an individual in Israel which was detected to have flu and COVID-19 at the same time.
Vega said it is not a cause of concern here in the Philippines.
“I think what Israel was stating is that they found this in patient who have very poor immunity and a pregnant woman and there were two viruses that actually set in, one is influenza virus and the other is coronavirus,” Vega said.
“That can happen especially if you don’t have the immunity where you will be protected by these viruses,” he concluded.
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