The Philippines on Wednesday confirmed the first domestic deaths caused by the highly infectious Omicron variant of COVID-19.
The Department of Health said those who died were elderly patients with existing health issues and had not been vaccinated against COVID-19.
The two were “aged more than 60 years, unvaccinated, and had pre-existing medical conditions,” the DOH said.
“While Omicron mostly presents with asymptomatic and mild disease, our data shows that those most at risk for fatalities are still the elderly and those with co-morbidities and unvaccinated,” it said.
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