THE PHILIPPINES on Tuesday reported three more infections involving the BA.5 Omicron subvariant of the coronavirus, bringing the total to five.
Seven more cases of the BA.2.12.1 Omicron subvariant were also detected in the latest genome sequencing of 190 samples on June 6, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario S. Vergeire said in a statement.
Two of the BA.5 patients were from the Calabarzon region, while the location of the third was still being verified, she said.
The third patient had been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, while one of the patients from Calabarzon was unvaccinated. The status of the other patient was still being verified.
All three patients have recovered, but the Department of Health was looking at the symptoms that they and they close contacts had experienced, Ms. Vergeire said.
Of the total samples, 114 or 60% were Omicron, 14 or 7.4 percent were Delta, one had “other lineages“ and 61 had no lineage, she added. — KATA