HEALTH Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd said the Philippines has the lowest number of Covid-19 infections among the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) amid the onslaught of the highly contagious Omicron variant.

'What we are saying is that compared to other Asean countries when it comes to cumulative confirmed cases, we are just fifth, and that meant that our Covid response has been very good,' Duque told President Rodrigo Duterte during the Chief Executive's 'Talk to the People' aired on Monday night.