AROUND 44 persons who came in close contact with the Finnish woman who is the country's first confirmed case of the Omicron subvariant BA.2.12 are being monitored by the Department of Health (DoH).

Health Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd said the figure includes the nine individuals who were identified to have had close contact with the woman when she was in Quezon City.

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