THE government should bring back random antigen testing in mass transport hubs to measure how many Filipinos are affected with Covid-19 after the discovery of highly-infectious and immune-evasive variants of Omicron, according to OCTA Research.

The country reported its first cases of Omicron XBB subvariant on Tuesday. A total of 81 individuals have been infected with the variant in Western Visayas and in Davao Region.

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