A strain of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 which has been driving surges in China is now in the Philippines, according to the latest biosurveillance report of the DOH. | kdevillaINQ /PDI
The other samples yielded Omicron variants earlier found in the country, such as BA.2.3.20 and BA.5.
BF.7 is also spreading in the United States, India and the European countries of Belgium, Denmark, France and Germany. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has classified BF.7 as a “variant under monitoring”—two levels below the highest category of variant of concern—because of its global presence.
If China declares “a big wave of this COVID infection,” the Philippines won’t be the only country affected, Solante pointed out.
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