A complete of 54 circumstances of Omicron subvariant XBB.1.9.1 have been detected within the Philippines, in accordance with the Department of Health (DOH).
In its newest COVID-19 biosurveillance report issued on Thursday, the DOH stated the XBB.1.9.1 was initially flagged resulting from its “increasing global prevalence and higher growth advantage.”
The XBB.1.9.1 is an XBB sublineage that was just lately added to the listing of variants below monitoring by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 30.
Based on the sequenced samples by the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC) launched on April 3 to 11, there have been solely 39 circumstances of XBB.1.9.1.
Of the 39 circumstances, 22 circumstances have been detected in Davao, seven in Ilocos, 4 within the National Capital Region (NCR), and one every in Central Visayas and Soccsksargen.
Detected in 63 international locations, the XBB.1.9.1 doesn’t have any distinction in illness severity and medical manifestations in comparison with the unique Omicron variant based mostly on out there proof, the DOH stated.
For the Omicron variant, the DOH reported a complete of 199 circumstances — 185 native infections and 14 returning abroad Filipinos.
Some circumstances of the next Omicron lineages have been additionally detected:
- 70 circumstances of BA.2.3.20
- 1 case of CH.1.1
- 1 case of BQ.1
- 30 circumstances of XBB.1.5
- 39 circumstances of XBB.1.9.1
- 45 circumstances of different XBB sublineages
- 2 circumstances of XBC
- 1 case of different Omicron sublineages
- 10 circumstances of no lineage assigned
As of Thursday, the DOH has recorded a complete of 4,084,626 COVID-19 circumstances of which 9,533 have been energetic circumstances.
As of March 15, the DOH stated a complete of 79,165,858 individuals have accomplished their doses of COVID-19 vaccine. A complete of 24,176,344 individuals have obtained a booster dose. —Joviland Rita/KBK, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
