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                    [Title] => Philippines detects 18 cases of new COVID-19 variant JN.1
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                    [Title] => COVID-19 variant XBB wala pa sa Pinas
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                    [Title] => Experts see no local transmission of Omicron subvariant
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                    [Title] => Medical experts, private sector to tackle Omicron
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                    [Title] => Omicron variant no more severe than original strain — WHO
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                    [Title] => Experts see no local transmission of Omicron subvariant
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                    [Title] => Medical experts, private sector to tackle Omicron
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