An 80-year-old man returning to this town died Sunday, Jan. 16, after testing positive for COVID-19, raising the number of deaths in this province to six.
ITBAYAT, Batanes––“He was buried immediately, according to protocols in managing deaths during the pandemic,” Dr. Allan M. Sande, provincial health officer, told the Inquirer.
Asked if the man was infected with the highly transmissible Omicron variant, Sande said: “Usually, the genomic test results to confirm this takes weeks to come out. However, we can assume it because this is already the predominant variant in Manila, where he came from.”
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