The Philippine authorities is carefully monitoring the extremely contagious Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. mentioned Friday.
In an interview with reporters, Marcos was requested about his directives to the Department of Health and the Bureau of Quarantine following the detection of the most recent variant in different international locations.
“Well, ganun pa rin. We are still in the same status. At, mukha naman kagaya ng mga bagong variant na mga pumapasok dito, na dumadating. Naka-abang tayo. Binabantayan natin nang husto,” Marcos mentioned.
(It’s nonetheless the identical. We are nonetheless in the identical standing. And similar to the opposite variants detected in our nation, we’re monitoring. We are always checking.)
“Like earlier than, I’ve all the time seemed on the hospitals and the occupancy price. Kasi I begin to fear pagka ‘yung ospital ay hindi na kaya tanggapin ang pasyente dahil punong-puno na sila. Wala pa tayo roon (I start to worry whenever hospitals can no longer accept patients. We are not in that situation),” he added.
Marcos added that the hospital occupancy rates had increased due to other illnesses.
“What has happened, nag-increase ang occupancy rate ng mga ospital dahil ‘yung hindi nagpa-ospital ng dalawang taon, ngayon eh pumupunta sa ospital. It’s not for COVID, it’s for different issues,” the President mentioned.
(The occupancy price has elevated due to those that didn’t go to hospitals up to now two years.)
“So, we’re watching it. Of course, very closely. But so far, mukha naman maayos, mukha namang nama-manage natin (it seems we can manage this),” he added.
So far, the DOH has not detected the extremely contagious variant within the nation but.
Based on information from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 40% of COVID-19 circumstances within the US have been attributable to XBB.1.5, with the subvariant doubling from the earlier week, a report from Reuters mentioned.
Health specialists additionally expressed concern in regards to the rising COVID-19 circumstances in China, as a number of infectious illness specialists have been frightened in regards to the XBB.1.5 variant, the report added. — DVM, GMA Integrated News
