The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday, December 23, reported the Philippines’ first four cases of Omicron subvariant BF.7, which is driving the fresh surge in infections in China.
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health on Friday, December 23, reported the Philippines’ first four cases of Omicron subvariant BF.7, which is driving the fresh surge in infections in China.
The agency added that the subvariant is “still reported under BA.5 by the World Health Organization and will remain classified under Omicron.” The WHO tagged the B7.7 as a “variant under monitoring,” which means that the subvariant is “showing signals of transmission advantage compared to other circulating VOC lineages and has additional genetic changes known or suspected to confer change in epidemiology or fitness advantage.”It’s important to note that this is not the first time that BF.
Despite the detection of BF.7, the DOH said that cases in the country “are at a plateau with 973 average daily cases for the week of December 16 to 22, 2022. “
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