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Ph detects 618 new O cases, including 497 local
By Nidz Godino
“Data gathered by DOH, UP-PGC, and UP-NIH showed no significant difference in BA.1 and BA.2 characteristics in terms of transmissibility or severity of disease,” Department of Health (DOH) said Philippines has detected 618 more cases of highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant, 497 are local cases and 121 are returning Overseas Filipinos.
DOH said that brought the total confirmed Omicron cases in the country to 1,153.
Of the local cases, 238 have indicated addresses in National Capital Region, 71 in Calabarzon, 30 each in Ilocos Region and Western Visayas, 28 in Eastern Visayas, 27 in Central Luzon, 20 in Central Visayas, 19 in Cagayan Valley,
Thirteen (13) have addresses in Cordillera Administrative Region, 10 in Davao Region, six in SOCCSKSARGEN, two each in the Bicol Region and Mimaropa, and one in Northern Mindanao.
The DOH said 13 cases are still active.
A total of five individuals with Omicron have passed away, according to DOH.
The latest run sequenced 677 samples, of these 91.29% was Omicron.
The DOH said majority of Omicron cases in the latest batch were BA.2 or the Stealth Omicron.
The earliest detection of Stealth Omicron was on December 2021, it said.
Earlier DOH announced Philippines has detected BA.1 and the BA.2, both of which are sublineages of the Omicron variant.
The DOH will continue to investigate why BA.2 became more prevalent than BA.1.
“But so far detection of BA.2 does not entail any significant change in COVID-19 response,” it said.
At the Laging Handa briefing, Philippine Genome Center (PGC) Executive Director Dr. Cynthia Saloma said prevalence of BA.2 shows government was successful in preventing transmission of illness from returning Filipinos.
“One is that we are, the government has been… effective in preventing onward transmission of international travelers, kasi ‘yung international travelers po natin… marami po sa kanila BA.1,ito po ‘yung global prevalent sub-lineage” Saloma said.
Saloma said starting January 2022, most cases detected were Omicron, particularly in NCR. She however said just because other regions have yet to detect variant does not mean they have no Omicron cases.
“Yung ibang rehiyon na wala pa tayong nade-detect, hindi naman po nagsaabi na hindi naman po nagpapahiwatig na wala po tayong Omicron doon, except that they were not able to send samples to us because of problems in transportation or some other,” she said.
Meanwhile, the country also detected 35 additional cases of the Delta variant, bringing the total to 8,647.
“The Department urges public to complete their primary series of vaccines and boosters, especially those who are most vulnerable to the virus such as the elderly, the young, and the sick,” the DOH said.
“The vaccines provided by the government are proven to be safe and effective in preventing hospitalization, even death caused by severe and critical symptoms,” it added.
The government has blamed Omicron for the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, prompting it to put many highly urbanized areas, including National Capital Region, under Alert Level 3, which imposes restrictions on unvaccinated individuals and limits capacities in businesses.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the risk level related to the Omicron variant remains very high.
The WHO said samples collected in the last 30 days that have been sequenced and uploaded to GISAID global science initiative, Omicron accounted for 89.1 percent.
Delta previously the world’s dominant variant now makes up 10.7 percent.
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