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Returning seafarer in Iligan City tests positive for Omicron variant
The Department of Health (DOH) documented a case of the Omicron variant in a 40-year-old unvaccinated seafarer who returned from Kenya.
The seafarer arrived in Cebu on December 16 and completed isolation on December 30.
He traveled to Iligan City on December 30 and his family has been quarantined as a precautionary measure.
The DOH clarified that this case is not considered Mindanao's first Omicron case because the individual is a returning overseas Filipino.
Specimen testing by the Philippine Genome Center confirmed the Omicron variant.
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