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WATCH: The exact moment Pia, Catriona reunited

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 02:15 PM

"Oh my gosh, hi! Finally! How are you?" Read more »

DOH locates returning Filipino from South Africa, tracks 7 more

Gillan Ropero and Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 08 01:58 PM

A Filipino traveler from South Africa, where the omicron COVID variant was first detected, has been located while seven others have yet to be tracked. Read more »

Market bulls back in charge as omicron worries wane

Marc Jones, Reuters
Posted at Dec 07 07:25 PM

Waning omicron COVID-19 variant worries and a timely booster shot of Chinese stimulus lifted world stock markets and oil on Tuesday. Read more »

PH search for 8 travelers from South Africa hits snag

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 10:08 AM

Eight travelers from South Africa have yet to be located by authorities after they provided incorrect or incomplete personal information, DOH said. Read more »

PH mounts special flights for stranded Pinoys in Europe

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 02:59 PM

The Philippines will be organizing two special commercial flights to bring home stranded Filipinos in Europe due to the COVID-19 Omicron variant. Read more »

DOH locating 8 travelers from South Africa

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 01:25 PM

The genome sequencing result of a traveler from South Africa who tested positive for COVID-19 might be released by Wednesday, the Department of Health said. Read more »

Norway Christmas party becomes largest Omicron superspreader

South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 06 11:16 AM

A corporate Christmas party in Norway turned into an Omicron superspreader event, with up to 60 people possibly infected. Read more »

DOH: Omicron variant not yet in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 01:29 PM

The Philippine Health Department says the Omicron COVID-19 variant is not yet present in the country. Read more »

Reinfection sa COVID-19, mataas sa Omicron variant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 07:28 PM

Ayon sa ilang eksperto sa South Africa, malaki ang tsansa na magkasakit ulit ang mga dati nang gumaling sa COVID-19 kapag tinamaan ng Omicron variant. Read more »

DOH says tracing 182 more travelers from South Africa

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 03 03:49 PM

The Department of Health said Friday it was tracking some 183 more travelers from South Africa who arrived in the Philippines between Nov. 15 to 29 as the threat of the Omicron variant persists. Read more »

S Africa body: Risk of reinfection from Omicron higher

Reuters
Posted at Dec 03 05:43 AM

South Africa's government reported 11,535 new infections on Thursday, up from 312 ten days ago. Read more »

3 Filipinos from S. Africa fully vaccinated, no COVID symptoms: DOH

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 03 03:05 PM

The three Filipinos who were isolated following their return from South Africa are fully vaccinated and are not showing COVID-19 symptoms, the Department of Health said Thursday. Read more »

Omicron drives ‘worrying’ surge in S Africa COVID cases

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 02 04:31 AM

The ‘rapidly increasing number of new daily cases’ was ‘fueled by the variant’ dubbed Omicron, South Africa's health agency says. Read more »

Omicron variant, posibleng nasa Europe na bago naiulat

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 08:02 PM

May natuklasang kaso ng COVID-19 Omicron variant sa ilang samples sa Netherlands na kinuha bago pa na-detect ang bagong variant sa South Africa. Read more »

Omicron could outcompete Delta, says disease expert

Alexander Winning, Reuters
Posted at Dec 01 02:33 PM

The Omicron coronavirus variant detected in southern Africa could be the most likely candidate to displace the highly contagious Delta variant, the director of South Africa's communicable disease institute said on Tuesday. Read more »

Omicron alert: Gov't quarantines OFW from S.Africa

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 01 04:27 PM

Authorities have quarantined a Filipino worker who returned to the country last week from South Africa, the origin of the Omicron variant. Read more »

Omicron in Europe before S. Africa reported first cases

Julie Capelle, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 01 10:22 AM

The Omicron coronavirus variant was present in Europe before the first cases were reported in South Africa, new data from the Netherlands showed Tuesday, as Latin America reported its first two cases in Brazil. Read more »

How South African scientists spotted Omicron COVID variant

Tim Cocks, Reuters
Posted at Dec 01 03:17 AM

On Friday Nov. 19, Raquel Viana, Head of Science at one of South Africa's biggest private testing labs, sequenced the genes on eight coronavirus samples - and got the shock of her life. Read more »

Australia probes first probable Omicron community case

Reuters
Updated as of Nov 30 12:58 PM

Australian authorities said Tuesday an international traveler who was most likely infected with the Omicron variant has spent time in the community. Read more »

Hong Kong expands travel curbs on Omicron fears

Marius Zaharia and Renju Jose, Reuters
Updated as of Nov 30 12:35 PM

Hong Kong expanded a ban on entry for non-residents from several countries as global health authorities raced to curb a potential outbreak of Omicron. Read more »