DOH: 43% of COVID-19 deaths unvaccinated

Forty-three percent of recorded COVID-19 deaths in the Philippines from January 1 to May 14, 2023 were unvaccinated.

DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire emphasized the importance of vaccination and booster shots in preventing severe outcomes.

Vergeire also noted that there is likely local transmission of the Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16 due to lack of linkage to recent cases.

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