Department of Health Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire on Tuesday confirmed the local transmission of Omicron variant XBB.1.16, also known as Arcturus, after three more cases were recently detected in Western Visayas with no linkages to international cases or no known history of exposure.
However, Vergeire said, just like any of the different subvariants or Omicron variant in the country, the public has nothing to fear. “Continue to wear face masks, isolate when manifesting symptoms…,” she said as she encouraged the public to get vaccinated and boosted against Covid-19. Earlier, the DOH said that the first case of XBB.1.16 was detected in Iloilo Province and was asymptomatic.According to the World Health Organization , XBB.1.16 is a descendent lineage of XBB, a recombinant of two BA.2 descendent lineages.
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