Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 26) – Those who received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine displayed either mild or no symptoms of coronavirus infection, the Department of Health said on Monday.
Of the 119 Delta cases, four were fully vaccinated. One of them was asymptomatic, while three had mild infection.
Meanwhile, five of the cases received only one dose. Two of them were asymptomatic, and three had mild symptoms.
The DOH is still verifying the status of 86 other Delta patients.
As of Monday, however, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said 24 of these patients have not been vaccinated, although most of them have recovered.
So far, two of the three people who have died with Delta variant did not get COVID-19 vaccine, according to her.
“Nagpapakita ang mga datos ngayon na pag bakunado, mas may laban sa variants na ito,” Vergeire noted.
[Translation: Data shows that vaccinated people have more protection against these variants.]
“Base po sa datos, ang tatlong namatay sa Delta variant sa 119 cases, dalawa sa kanila ang unvaccinated,” she also said. “Yung isa we are verifying, because this is a returning overseas Filipino. Pero ang dalawa na namatay because of the Delta variant, they were not vaccinated.”
[Translation: Based on data, two of the three who died out of the 119 Delta variant cases were unvaccinated. We’re still verifying the other one, because this is a returning overseas Filipino. However, again, the two who died because of the Delta variant didn’t get their anti-COVID shot.]
The health official also reiterated that no one is immune from the virus. She added that breakthrough infections or COVID-19 infection after vaccination is still possible, but this only accounts to a smaller portion of the vaccinated population.
“Although, we are saying ‘di pa naman kumpleto ang pag-aaral, nakikita natin vaccines work,” Vergeire pointed out. “Pag tiningnan ang number of infections sa ngayon compared to before, bumaba ho talaga ang number of healthcare workers na nagkakasakit. At ang nagkakasakit at na-o-ospital ay unvaccinated.”
[Translation: Although studies are not yet complete, we can see that vaccines work. You can observe a decline in the number of healthcare workers who have been infected, and those that fall ill and hospitalized are the ones unvaccinated.]
As of Monday, 21.59% of 9,351 samples checked for variants are Beta, 18.96% are Alpha and 1.27% are Delta.
