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Two years into the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Duterte administration has signaled the country's "shift" from a "pandemic paradigm" to learning how to live with the virus in 2022.

In some parts of the country, people reported a “temporary shortage” of paracetamol brands and flu medication in local pharmacies following a sudden surge in the number of flu-like illnesses and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections after Christmas and due to the spread of the Omicron variant.