While the detection of another Omicron sublineage, XBB.1.9.1, in the Philippines indicates that the country's surveillance systems are 'working,' health authorities must remain cautious to cushion any impact the new subvariant may have on health-care resources, a director of the World Health Organization (WHO)-Western Pacific region said on Friday. During the first in-person press briefing since the COVID-19 pandemic began, regional emergency director Babatunde Olowokure said the transmission of the newly detected recombinant XBB.

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