Department of Health(DOH)

Dear Ryan Cuartero Please be informed that we have endorsed your request to the Epidemiology Bureau for action. Kindly await for their response, thank you

October 26, 2022 Dear Ryan Cuartero, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Oct 19, 2022 12:05:26 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Philippines detects 81 Omicron XBB subvariant, 193 XBC variant cases. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. Handling of specimens is being done by the laboratories doing the RT-PCR test. For the sub variants, specimens are sent to the Philippine Genome Center for genomic sequencing. Handling of specimens is better asked to those entities. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to the Central Appeals and Review Committee, at [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker FOI Receiving Officer