The Philippine Genome Center is yet to determine if the highly contagious Omicron has replaced Delta as the most dominant coronavirus variant in the Philippines, its chief said. | DYGalvezINQ
PGC chief Cynthia Saloma said that based on the latest sequencing run, many Omicron cases were found but whether the variant is now the most dominant in the country remains to be confirmed by data with the whole sequencing results.She noted that in genome sequencing in December, many Delta variant cases were still detected and it was only recently that the center did “purposive sampling” of returning overseas Filipinos and local cases in Metro Manila where the Omicron cases were detected.
“Now itong January, we have to confirm that data with whole sequencing results ano, pero ‘yung indication kasi na talagang ang Omicron is nasa palibot na natin is really this very, very fast increase of cases na almost exponential,” she said.
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