DOH: 4 PH travelers from China test positive for Omicron subvariants

Four unvaccinated Filipino travelers from China tested positive for Omicron subvariants BF.7 and BA.5.2.

Dr. Alethea De Guzman of the DOH's Epidemiology Bureau said these are not new variants and have been detected before.

The samples of the other four travelers did not have an assigned lineage due to degraded specimen quality during transport.

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