The Health’ Department confirmed local transmission of the highly transmissible Omicron BA.2.12.1 subvariant of Covid-19 in the South-East Asian country.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that local clusters of the BA.2.12.1 variant infection have been detected in Metro Manila, the Western Visayas region in the central Philippines, and Puerto Princesa city in Palawan.
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