MANILA – An infectious disease expert advises the public to maintain wearing face masks in light of the increasing cases of Omicron subvariants.
Dr. Edsel Salvaña noted in a Facebook post on Wednesday that face masks should be worn even outside because the Omicron BA.5 subvariant is “extremely contagious.”
“They’re finding that out in other countries AFTER they removed their mask mandates. Good thing we’re a lot more cautious in the Philippines,” he said.
Salvaña pointed out that while current vaccines continue to prevent severe disease, they are less effective at preventing infection, and the usage of face masks is still important to avoid further infections while waiting for updated vaccines.
According to health authorities, Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are highly transmissible, as transmissible as measles, which is considered the most infectious viral illness in humans.
Being outdoors provided good protection against infection with previous coronavirus variants like Alpha and Delta. However, being at an outdoor event could be somewhat risky with the newest Omicron subvariants.
There are a total of 293 cases of BA.5, 87 BA.2.12.1 cases, and 12 BA.4 cases in the country. Some 60 new cases of BA.5 along with 17 additional cases of BA.2.12.1 and two BA.4 were logged from July 7 to 11.
Salvaña clarified that Omicron BA.5 subvariant is “not the worst Covid-19 variant”.
“That distinction currently belongs to Delta which killed more people than any other variant locally and almost caused our healthcare system to collapse,” he said. “The deadliness of Delta was a combination of the virulence of the variant and a lack of widespread vaccination.”
As an Omicron sublineage, BA.5 is likely less severe than Delta at baseline, he continued.
He added that severe and critical cases positive with Omicron subvariants are not expected to be anywhere near Delta levels to overwhelm the healthcare system with the widespread vaccination which still protects against severe disease.
Meanwhile, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. earlier mentioned that the government might consider wearing face masks as optional if it is clearly safe.
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