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"Vulnerable population, or those aged 60 and above, those with comorbidities, immunocompromised and children must take precaution," he said. With detection of new COVID-19 variants in the Philippines, senior citizens and immunocompromised are advised to continue wearing face masks and get vaccinated.
There is no reason to panic despite entry of new variants as they have been classified as low public health risk by World Health Organization, infectious disease specialist Rontgene Solante said.
Filipinos inoculated with bivalent vaccines have better protection against severe symptoms, he stressed.
Hospitalization rate remains low, he noted.
New COVID "FLiRT" variants, or KP.2 and KP.3, are low public health risk and less likely to cause severe infection, Solante said.
Public should not be complacent as COVID continues to mutate, he maintained.
Meanwhile, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian reiterated calls for creation of Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
CDC would implement disease surveillance and field epidemiology activities and coordinate with Bureau of Quarantine.
Center would also have regional counterparts and provinces, cities and municipalities would be mandated to adopt and localize standards and guidelines developed by CDC.
Gatchalian is co-author of Senate Bill 1869 or Philippine Center for Disease Prevention and Control Act.
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