An infectious disease specialist believes that the newly detected omicron subvariant XBF would not cause an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in the country.
Such a scenario is less likely to happen because of the high vaccination coverage in the country, said Dr. Edsel Salvana, director of Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at the University of the Philippines Manila.
Salvana said there remains no evidence that suggests that both omicron subvariants XBF and XBB.15 cause severe disease. To note, the Department of Health reported the country’s first case of XBF subvariant on Wednesday, Feb. 14. This subvariant is being linked to the recent spike in cases in Australia and Sweden.
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