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The World Health Organization on Friday declared the recently-discovered B.1.1.529 strain of Covid-19, first detected in southern Africa, to be a variant of concern and renamed it Omicron. The classification puts Omicron into the most-troubling category of Covid-19 variants, along with the globally-dominant Delta, plus its weaker rivals Alpha, Beta and Gamma. Nations rushed to ban flights to slow the spread of Omicron on Friday, while stock markets and oil prices plunged on fears […]
Total Delta variant cases in the country hits 2,068 (Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported 279 additional Delta variant cases bringing the total infections for this variant to 2,068. All regions in the country are now affected by the Delta variant as the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC) found five Delta variant cases in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). “Of the additional 279 Delta variant cases, 245 […]
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) — The Delta variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 doubles the risk of hospitalization compared to the Alpha variant it has supplanted as the dominant strain worldwide, researchers reported Saturday in The Lancet. Only 1.8 percent of the more than 43,000 Covid cases assessed in comparing the two variants were in patients who had been fully vaccinated. Three-quarters were completely unvaccinated, and 24 percent had only received one […]
(Eagle News) — Marinduque will revert to a general community quarantine starting Aug. 16. In a Facebook post, Governor Presbitero Velasco said he signed Executive Order No. 28 Series of 2016 declaring the GCQ until Aug. 31 due to reports of Alpha and Beta variants in the province and the “fast-increasing” COVID-19 transmission possibly due to the highly transmissible Delta variant. He also noted the Department of Health had declared the province under alert level […]
Total Beta variant cases at 2,019, while total Alpha cases reach 1,773 (Eagle News) – The Philippines detected 55 more Delta variant cases in the country, bringing the total Delta variant infections to 119. This was announced by the Department of Health today, Sunday, July 25, after the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) of the University of the Philippines, as well as the UP National Institute of Health (UP-NIH) detected more variant cases. In fact, […]
Nine of 12 new local Delta cases found in Metro Manila, 3 in CALABARZON (Eagle News) — At least 17 more Delta variant cases were detected by the Department of Health, 12 of which are local cases, bringing to 64 the total Delta variant cases as of Saturday, July 24. Nine of the local cases have addresses in Metro Manila, the DOH said. The Philippine Genome Center and the National Institutes of Health of […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines has reported additional COVID-19 variant cases. In a statement, the Department of Health said 12 more local cases of the highly contagious Delta variant, 187 more Alpha variant cases, 142 additional Beta variant cases, and 12 more P.3 variant cases were detected in the latest genome sequencing. The DOH said the additional 12 local Delta variant cases pushed the total in the country to 47. Of the additional 12, three […]
No local Delta variant case, DOH assures, as strict border controls were able to check cases’ entry (Eagle News) — Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that the Lambda COVID-19 variant has not yet been detected in the country, while the highly infectious Delta variant has been contained in the country and there is no more active case of this variant. “Iyong Lambda variant, wala, pa ho tayo nito. Hindi pa ho ito natutuklasan […]
by Paul RICARD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – The Delta variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India, is a cause for global concern with studies showing it is more contagious and resistant to vaccines than other forms of Covid. But there is also evidence vaccines retain important effectiveness against Delta after two doses. Here is what we know about how variants respond to jabs. Fewer antibodies… Several lab tests show that the Delta […]
