BREAKING. Philippines detects its first case of Omicron BA.2.12, a circulating Omicron subvariant which has been flagged by the United States Center for Disease Control due to rise in COVID-19 cases in the United States.
The DOH says the case is a 52-year-old Finnish female who arrived from Finland last April 2, 2022. The case was not required to undergo routine isolation at a quarantine facility since she was fully vaccinated and arrived asymptomatic.
The case then traveled to a university in Quezon City and then to Baguio City to conduct seminars. Nine days after her arrival in the country, she experienced mild symptoms such as headache and sore throat.
The case has finished her 7-day isolation and has recovered and discharged, the DOH added. The patient returned to her home country on April 21.