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+ Follow COVID-19 variant Tag
COVID-19 variant
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                    [ArticleID] => 2321179
                    [Title] => Philippines detects 18 cases of new COVID-19 variant JN.1
                    [Summary] => Despite the detection of a new COVID-19 variant, the DOH stressed that “there has been no significant increase in the number or severity of cases overall.”
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-12-24 15:02:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805246
                    [AuthorName] => Gaea Katreena Cabico
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2023/12/24/divisoria-december-2023_2023-12-24_15-48-36867_thumbnail.jpg
                )

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                    [ArticleID] => 2216514
                    [Title] => COVID-19 variant XBB wala pa sa Pinas
                    [Summary] => Isang bagong tuklas na COVID-19 subvariant na tinawag na XBB ang pinangangambahan ngayon ngunit tiniyak ng Department of Health na hindi pa ito nakararating sa Pilipinas.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-10-14 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804755
                    [AuthorName] => Danilo Garcia
                    [SectionName] => Bansa
                    [SectionUrl] => bansa
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                    [ArticleID] => 2183565
                    [Title] => EDITORYAL - Huwag munang magrelaks narito pa ang COVID-19
                    [Summary] => Nagbabala ang mga eksperto sa kalusugan na kung patuloy na magrerelaks ang mga tao at babalewalain na ang health protocols, tiyak na da­dami muli ang kaso ng COVID variants.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-05-25 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon
                    [SectionUrl] => opinyon
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2022/05/25/editorial1_2022-05-25_00-43-43636_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2181628
                    [Title] => Experts see no local transmission of Omicron subvariant
                    [Summary] => There is no local transmission of the Omicron BA.2.12.1 subvariant in Metro Manila and Palawan despite the detection of the more transmissible COVID-19 strain, according to the Department of Health.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-05-17 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804856
                    [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2022/05/16/010522ncr06_2022-05-16_22-23-53884_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2181167
                    [Title] => Medical experts, private sector to tackle Omicron
                    [Summary] => Following the emergence of new, more infectious Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 in countries that closely mirror the Philippines’ pandemic experience, medical and data experts are set to meet tomorrow to discuss what can be done to head off a new version of the highly contagious Omicron variant, described as more infectious than the “stealth Omicron” subvariant BA.2.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-05-15 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2022/05/14/20220105101917578a1350-01_2022-05-14_21-34-04522_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2162819
                    [Title] => Omicron variant no more severe than original strain — WHO
                    [Summary] => The BA.2 variant of the Omicron coronavirus strain is not more severe than the original, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-02-23 08:20:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Health And Family
                    [SectionUrl] => health-and-family
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2021/11/28/sars-cov-2-electron-image2021-11-2709-55-152021-11-2721-47-44_2021-11-28_19-38-32402_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2160018
                    [Title] => Rule breakers
                    [Summary] => In just the two months since the supposedly mild Omicron was first reported, the highly contagious COVID variant has killed over 500,000 people around the world.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-02-11 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133252
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807094
                    [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 2159256
                    [Title] => COVID variants deaf to cry for normalcy
                    [Summary] => A growing number of nations in Europe, Africa and the Americas are pushing to transition to a post-pandemic near-normal status, taking steps to relax restrictions even as the coronavirus and its variants remain deaf to their cry to “take life back.”
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-02-08 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136322
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804858
                    [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr.
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 2157941
                    [Title] => Paglaganap ng bagong COVID-19 variant malabo sa susunod na 3 buwan – expert
                    [Summary] => Malaki ang posibilidad na hindi kumalat ang bagong variant ng COVID-19 sa susunod na tatlong buwan.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-02-02 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1127581
                    [AuthorName] => Angie dela Cruz
                    [SectionName] => Bansa
                    [SectionUrl] => bansa
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 2157827
                    [Title] => 'Stealth Omicron' spreads more than original strain: study
                    [Summary] => A person infected with BA.2 has a 39% chance of transmitting the virus to someone else in their household within a week, compared to a 29% risk with BA.1, Denmark's SSI health authority said in a statement.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-02-01 09:07:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Health And Family
                    [SectionUrl] => health-and-family
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2022/02/01/covidmicrograph_2022-02-01_09-07-55_thumbnail.jpg
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