MANILA, Philippines — The exact cause for the reported COVID-19 infection of a two-year-old boy three days after visiting a shopping mall may be “multifactorial” and “uncertain,” the Department of Health (DOH) said. Although the recent activities done, like the mall visit, may be a possible source of infection, its exact cause will remain multifactorial and uncertain,” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a statement. “Factors such as adults from the same household going to work and bringing the infection home could also be a possibility. In line with this, we would like to reiterate that the COVID-19 virus is still very much present,” she added. Rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 are used to detect antigens or viral proteins in the body which cause an immune response and imply the presence of viral infection.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 13, 2021 06:06 UTC