The Department of Health (DOH) said Friday the number of wasted or expired COVID-19 vaccine doses bought by the government and the private sector had increased to 44 million doses, 24 million of which expired due to short shelf life. READ:
and the private sector had increased to 44 million doses, 24 million of which expired due to short shelf life.
Meanwhile, the COVID-19 positivity rate in the National Capital Region, where 13 million people live, climbed to 11.9 percent, independent group OCTA Research reported. “This rate of increase in the positivity rate in the NCR is around the same rate of increase during the Omicron BA.5 wave and the XBB . This projects to a December BQ.1 wave similar to the BA.5 and XBB waves,” David said.Citing results of the latest genome sequencing, the DOH earlier reported that at least 14 cases of BQ.1 had been detected in the Philippines.
The reproduction rate refers to the number of people infected by one case. A reproduction number below 1 indicates that the transmission of the virus is slowing down.
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