MANILA, Philippines — The new Omicron subvariant XBF is not expected to cause a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country, infectious disease expert Dr. Edsel Salvaña said at the Laging Handa public ...

THERE is no evidence yet that the newly detected Omicron subvariant XBF causes more severe symptoms of the coronavirus, Philippine health authorities said on Thursday. “We see this as a variant that ...

The first case of COVID-19 Omicron subvariant XBF in the Philippines is a Filipino senior citizen with no known history of travel, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday. The DOH said the ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has detected its first confirmed case of Omicron subvariant XBF, which is linked to an increase in infections in Australia and Sweden, the Department of Health ...

PHILIPPINE health authorities on Wednesday reported the first case of the Omicron subvariant XBF in the country. The XBF sample was collected in December 2022 and sequenced on Jan. 28, the Department ...

The Philippines has detected its first case of COVID-19 Omicron subvariant XBF—a recombinant sublineage of BA.5.2.3 and CJ.1 —based on the latest data by the Department of Health (DOH). While XBF was ...