DOH: Philippines back to moderate risk for COVID-19

A customer (L) buys Chinese ornaments at a store in Chinatown district of Manila on January 28, 2022, ahead of the Lunar New Year, which welcomes the Year of the Tiger on February 1.

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MANILA, Philippines — The risk level of the Philippines for COVID-19 has returned to moderate after a record-breaking surge in cases fueled by the hyper-contagious Omicron variant, the Department of Health said Wednesday.

In a briefing, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the country registered negative one-week and two-week growth rates.

She said the average daily attack rate remained high at 19.43 cases per 100,000 individuals.

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