More than a thousand additional cases of various Omicron subvariants were detected in the Philippines by late June, according to Department of Health (DOH) data.
ILOILO CITY – The province of Iloilo logged 18 cases of the new Covid-19 sub-variants XBB and XBC.
The Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO) said 14 cases of the sub-variant XBB were recorded in nine towns and the component city of Passi.
Three XBB cases were logged in the towns of Oton and Pav
The Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, March 15 that the University of the Philippines (UP), through its Philippine Genome Center (PGC) in UP Visayas and in UP Mindanao, announced that it is now capable of sequencing the genome of SARS-CoV-2 from community samples in both island groups.
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the University of the Philippines (UP) are committed to strengthen the country’s biosurveillance capacity.
DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña (PCOO/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña made the ass