This photo taken on April 2, 2020 shows returning overseas Filipino workers.

The STAR / Edd Gumban

 

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has recorded its third case of the Omicron variant—a Filipino who returned from Qatar last month.

 

The 36-year-old male overseas Filipino worker arrived at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport via Qatar Airways 924 on November 28, Department of Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said Monday. The patient had travel history to Egypt.

 

According to Vergeire, the patient underwent isolation in Cebu until December 16 after testing positive for COVID-19 on December 5. The patient, who is asymptomatic, is now undergoing home quarantine in Cavite.

 

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/12/20/2149114/philippines-logs-3rd-case-omicron-variant

 

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"The patient, who is asymptomatic, is now undergoing home quarantine in Cavite."  would be worth a national media panic maybe, if the nation was not busy with typhoon damage......