Phi

l
ippi
nes
,mos
tregi
onss
ti
ll
atmi
ni
mal
ri
skf
orCOVI
D-19—DOH

Publ
i
shedMay24,
202201:
16AM

ByMELMATTHEW DOCTOR,
GMANews

ThePhil
i
ppi
nesandmos tofi
tsr
egionsremainundert
hemi
ni
mal r
iskcas
ecl as
sif
icati
onagai
nst
COVID-19despi
t
ethereport
edlocalt
ransmiss
ionoft
heOmi
cronsubvar
iantBA.2.12.
1,t
he
Depart
mentofHeal
ths
aidonMondayni ght
.

“Paraposaat i
ngcasetr
ends,nanat
i
liangPil
i
pinasatkar
amihanngat i
ngregionssami
nimal
ri
sk
casecl
ass
ifi
cati
on.
Animnar egi
onpoangmedy osalowri
skclas
sif
icati
on,
” Health
Unders
ecr
etaryDr.Abdul
l
ahDumamaJr .s
aidduri
ngPresi
dentRodrigoDuter
te’sTalkt
othe
Peopl
ebri
efi
ng.

(
Regar
dingourcasetr
ends,t
hePhil
ippi
nesr
emai
nsundert
hemi
ni
mumr
iskcl
ass
ifi
cat
i
on.
Six
r
egi
ons,however
,areat"
lowris
k."
)

Thesesi
xregions
—Regions3,5,
8,12,
Caraga,
andBARMM—ar
eat"
lowr
isk"f
orCOVI
D-19due
toposi
t
ivegrowthrat
esi
nthepastt
woweeks.

OTHERSTORI
ES

Pf
izer
,Bi
oNTechs
ayt
hei
rCOVI
D-19v
acci
nef
orunder
-fi
vesef
fect
i
vewi
t
h3dos
es

Bei
j
ingur
gesmi
l
li
onst
okeepwor
kingf
romhomeami
dCOVI
D-19out
breakmenace

Phi
l
ippi
nespos
ts191newCOVI
D-19cas
es

“Samantal
apoinoobs
erbahannati
nangmgaregionsnanakapagtal
angpos i
t
iveratesaloobng
hul
i
ngpi
tongar
aw. Kas
amapor i
toay'yungNCR,Regions1,2,3,I
V-A,I
V-B,5,7,8,9,and
Car
aga.
Mapapans i
npona[Regions]6and10l
anganghi ndiumangatangkaso,
” headded.

(
Wear
eal
somoni
t
ori
ngt
her
egi
onst
hats
awapos
it
iv
egr
owt
hrat
eov
ert
hel
asts
evenday
s.Thes
e
ar
etheNat
ionalCapit
alRegi
on,
Regi
ons1,
2,3,I
V-A,I
V-B,
5,7,
8,9,
andCar
aga.
Regi
ons6and
10aret
heonlyareaswherecas
esdi
dnoti
ncr
ease.
)

Dumamanotedthatt
hedail
yat
tackr
atesandheal
t
hsy
stemcapaci
t
yal
sor
emai
natl
owr
iski
nal
l
ar
easacr
ossthecount
ry.

Las
tweek,t
heDepar t
mentofHealt
hreport
edthati
thaddetectedthel
ocalt
rans
missi
onofthe
Omicr
onsubvar
iantBA.2.
12.
1.Thi
swasf ol
lowedbythedetect
ionofanot
herOmicr
ons ubv
ari
ant
,
BA.
4,i
naFili
pi
nowhohadf l
owninfr
omt heMiddl
eEas tear
li
erthi
smonth.

Accor
dingt
otheDOH,theEuropeanCent
ref
orDi
seas
ePr
event
i
onandCont
rol
(ECDC)s
ees
Omicr
onBA.4asavar
iantofconcer
n.

ThePhi
l
ippi
nesl
ogged1,
214newCOVI
D-19cas
esi
ntheper
iodf
romMay16t
o22,

ADVERTI
SEMENT

hi
gherby9.
9%f
romt
hepr
evi
ousweek.

Accor
dingt
otheDOH,
thedai
l
yav
erageofcas
eswasat173.

Lowact
i
vecas
etal
l
y

Nati
onalTaskForceAgainstCOVID-19(
NTF)Deput yChi
efI
mpl
ement
erVi
nceDizon,meanwhi
l
e,
sai
dthatthePhi
li
ppines
’ act i
veCOVID-19casetal
lyi
soneoft
hel
owesti
ntheworl
d,despi
t
e
pot
enti
alsupers
preadereventssuchaselect
i
onrall
i
es.

Di
zonsai
dthatCOVI
D-19cas
esi
nthecount
ryhav
econt
i
nuedt
odecl
i
nef
ort
hepas
tsev
eral
mont
hs.
Henot
edthatf
rom116,
720act
i
vei
nfect
i
onsi
nFebr
uar
y,t
hePhi
l
ippi
nesonl
yhad2,
252act
i
ve
cas
esasofMay22.

“Downt o2,200act
i
vecasesnalangpotayo.I
fI’mnotmis
taken,
Mr.Presi
dentt
hisi
soneofthe
l
owestact
ivecasesi
ntheworl
d,f
oracountry.
Isapoit
osapi
nakamababangdamingakti
bong
cas
essabuongmundo, ” Di
zont
oldthePresi
dent.

(
Thi
sisoneoft
hel
owes
ttal
l
iesofact
i
vecas
esi
nthewor
ld.
)

“Des pit
ethemanyel ecti
on-r
elat
ed[act
i
vit
i
es],wedidnotseeasi
gnifi
cants
pikeinthenumberof
cas
es, anditi
sIthi
nkat est
amentnotonl
ytothegovernment’sef
forttopushthevacci
nesbut
al
sothewi l
l
ingnessandcooperati
onofourcountr
ymenandwomen, ” headded.

TheNTFoffi
cial
att
ri
but
edthisdevel
opmenttohighvacci
nat
iontur
nouti
nthecountr
y,addi
ngthat
81outof119provi
nces,hi
ghlyur
banizedcit
i
es,
andindependentcomponentci
ti
eshaveal
ready
ful
l
yvacci
natedmorethan70%ofi t
stotal
popul
ati
on,andover70%ofitsseni
orci
ti
zenpopul
ati
on.

AsofMay23, datafr
omtheNati
onalVaccinati
onOperati
onsCent
er(
NVOC)s
howedthat
69,037,
072or76.70%ofthet
argetpopulati
onwereful
lyvacci
nat
edwhi
l
e73,
529,
148indi
vi
dual
s
recei
vedatl
eastonedos
eofCOVI D-19jabs.

OCTAres
earchf
ell
owDr .
Gui doDav
idearl
iers
aidthatthesl
i
ghti
ncr
eas
einCOVID-
19casesi
n
Metr
oManil
aandotherareaswascausedbythemor et r
ans
miss
ibl
eOmicr
ons
ubvari
ant
sandnot
duet
oacti
vi
ti
esr
elat
edtot heMay9elect
ions.— BM, GMANews