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Health workers conduct house-to-house antigen testing for residents of West Rembo in Makati City on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022.

The STAR / Michael Varcas

 

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health reported Wednesday the detection of 492 additional cases of the hyper-transmissible Omicron variant, which is driving the fresh surge in COVID-19 infections in the country. 

 

Out of the 714 samples sequenced by the Philippine Genome Center last week, 68.9% were found to have the Omicron variant.

 

According to the DOH, 332 of the newly-detected cases were locals and 160 were returning overseas Filipinos.

 

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/01/19/2154959/philippines-detects-492-more-omicron-variant-cases

 

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