Tatlong pang kaso ngXBB.1.16 Omicron subvariant na Arcturusang natukoy ng Department of Health (DOH) kamakailan.
Sa biosurveillance report ng DOH nitong Huwebes ng gabi, ang tatlong huling kaso ay bahagi ng 207 samples na sinuri ng San Lazaro Hospital atUniversity of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center (PGC) Main, Visayas, at Mindanao branches nitong Abril 26 hanggang Mayo 6.
“About 159 or 76.81 percent were classified as XBB, including 72 XBB.1.9.1 cases, 35 XBB.1.5 cases, 13 XBB.1.9.2 cases, and three XBB.1.16 cases,” paglilinaw ng DOH.
Nitong nakaraang buwan, isinapubliko ng DOH na naitala nila ang unang kaso ng Arcturus sa Iloilo. Gayunman, hindi umano nakitaan ng sintomas at tuluyan nang nakarekober.
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"Of the remaining 156 XBB cases, two are returning overseas Filipinos and the rest are local cases from the Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol Region, Central Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Davao Region, Soccsksargen, Cordillera Administrative Region and the National Capital Region (NCR).Twenty-seven or 13.04 percent were classified as BA.2.3.20, one case, 0.48 percent as BA.5, 13 6.28 percent as other Omicron sublineages, and one case 0.48 percent as other SARS-CoV-2 lineages,” dagdag pa ng ahensya.
Philippine News Agency
