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MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH), University of the Philippines - Philippine Genome Center, and the University of the Philippines - National Institutes of Health on Friday reported the detection of seven imported cases and three local cases of the Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant of concern. The seven imported cases include six returning overseas Filipinos and one Malaysian national. Three of them arrived from the United States via Philippine Airlines Flight PR 127 on December 16 and PR 103 on December 15. Two arrived from the United Kingdom via connecting flights of Singapore Airlines Flight SQ 910 on December 15 and Emirates Airlines flight EK 332 on December 9. Another case arrived from the United Arab Emirates through Philippine Airlines Flight 659 on December 19 and the seventh imported case came from Ghana through the connecting flight of Qatar Airways Flight QR 930 on December 14. The husband of the fourth Omicron case previously announced is among the seven cases. All other d ....

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