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MANILA — The Philippines on Wednesday confirmed the first domestic deaths caused by the highly infectious Omicron variant of COVID-19.
The Department of Health 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