1st Omicron subvariant case in PH has 44 close contacts
MANILA - The country's first case of the BA.2.12 Omicron subvariant, a 52-year-old Finnish woman, has a total of 44 close contacts, a health official said Thursday. In a television interview, Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the country's first case had nine close contacts in Quezon City, five in Benguet, and 30 while aboard a commercial flight going to Manila. "All of them are being closely monitored. Some of them were tested already which turned out to be negative," she added. The DOH has received a manifesto from the airline and subsequ...