MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines on Wednesday confirmed the first domestic deaths caused by the highly infectious Omicron variant of COVID-19.
The health ministry said those who died were elderly patients with existing health issues and had not been vaccinated against COVID-19.
(Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales; Editing by Martin Petty)
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