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MANILA – According to an infectious disease expert, there is currently no evidence of local transmission of the Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1 in the country.

Dr. Edsel Salvaa, a member of the Department of Health (DOH) Technical Advisory Group, said in a televised public briefing that certain areas were placed under Alert Level 2 because they had not reached the minimum vaccination rate corresponding to their eligible population, not because BA.2.12.1 cases had been detected.

However, because the subvariant is highly transmissible, Salvana did not rule out the possibility of local transmission.

“To claim there is truly local transmission, especially sustained local transmission, we look at its transmission chain and see if it can be identified,” he explained.

The Department of Health has previously discovered two local instances of BA.2.12.1 in the National Capital Region. Both had no prior overseas travel experience.

A tourist cluster in Palawan yielded another 12 BA.2.12.1 cases, 11 of whom were foreign nationals.

“Halimbawa, iyung sa Palawan, isang cluster iyon is extremely evident.” Itong sa Metro Manila, iyung dalawa na BA.2.12.1, sinusuri po natin iyong contacts niyan at kung saan man nila nakuha We’re looking into the contacts and sources of the two BA.2.12.1 cases in Metro Manila. Is it from another country, something that was imported, or was there a concealed community transmission?” Salvaa explained.

The Department of Health told the public that Covid-19 vaccines are safe and effective against the BA.2.12.1 subvariant, allowing the economy to reopen under Alert Level 1.

Without prejudice to their respective component cities and municipalities, which may be under a different Alert Level categorization, the following provinces, highly urbanized cities, and independent component cities are under Alert Level 2 until May 31: Benguet, Ifugao; Region 4-A: Quezon Province; Region 4-B: Occidental Mindoro, and Palawan; and Region V: Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Masbate, and Sorsogon; Luzon: Cordillera Administrative Region: Benguet, Ifugao; Region 4-A: Quezon Province; Region 4-B: Occidental Mindoro Regions 6 and 7 are Antique and Negros Occidental, Region 8 is Leyte, Northern Samar, and Western Samar, and Region 6 is Bohol, Cebu Province, and Negros Oriental. Mindanao: Isabela City, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte, and Zamboanga Sibugay; Lanao del Norte; Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental, Davao de Oro, and Davao Occidental; General Santos City, North Cotabato, Sarangani, Sultan Kudarat, and South Cotabato; Caraga:

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