SEVEN additional cases of Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16 or Arcturus had been detected in the country, the Department of Health (DoH) reported over the weekend.

In its latest Covid-19 biosurveillance report, the department said the Arcturus cases were found in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Western Visayas, Mimaropa, Bicol Region and Central Luzon.

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