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The Philippines remains at low risk for COVID-19 even amid the reported uptick in cases in other countries believed to be caused by the FliRT variants, the Department of Health said on Wednesday.In a statement, the DOH said it is closely monitoring the country’s coronavirus cases as well as the newly designated variants. “There is still no scientific basis for travel restrictions to any country because of an increase in COVID-19 cases,” said the Health agency.
As of May 18, at least 12% of dedicated COVID-19 ICU beds and 14% of total COVID-19 beds were occupied. Severe and critical COVID-19 cases admitted in various hospitals account to only 151 or 9% of the total admissions. The DOH earlier placed the Bureau of Quarantine under “heightened alert,” directing the agency to conduct thorough screening at points of entry for arriving visitors coming from countries where the new COVID-19 “FLiRT” variants have been detected.
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