The country has recorded its first two confirmed cases of the Omicron variant in two travellers from Nigeria and Japan respectively, the Department of Health (DOH) said.
The DOH said that the Nigerian national arrived in Manila on Nov 30 via an Oman Air flight, while the returning overseas Filipino arrived on Dec 1 via Philippine Airlines from Japan.
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