Tag: community transmission

Delta variant community transmission confirmed in Metro Manila, CALABARZON, says DOH

Investigation of Delta variant community transmission at the national level ongoing   (Eagle News) – The Department of Health has confirmed the “community transmission” of the highly infectious and aggressive COVID-19 Delta variant in Metro Manila and in CALABARZON or the Southern Tagalog region Dr. Alethea De Guzman, DOH Epidemiology Bureau Director, said that in Metro Manila or the National Capital Region and in Region 4-A or Calabarzon, ongoing community transmission is confirmed, while the […]

Continue Reading →

DOH: More COVID-19 specimens needed to know if there’s community transmission of UK variant

Different protocols of airlines prevented transport of samples from Visayas, Mindanao (Eagle News) — The Department of Health said that due to lack of information such as samples from various areas in the country, it still cannot say if there already is ongoing community transmission of the so-called UK variant, or variant B.1.1.7 of the COVID-19 virus in the country. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that COVID-19 samples from areas in Visayas and Mindanao […]

Continue Reading →

DOH says there is no community transmission yet of UK variant in PHL

Cases can still be linked to each other, says health experts https://youtu.be/7Uhf_OcOWfs   (Eagle News) — The Department of Health (DOH) said that there is no community transmission yet of the highly infectious B.1.1.7 variant of the COVID-19 virus in the country. DOH officials and heath experts said that the local transmission of the UK variant cases in Bontoc is not considered as community transmission as they can still establish linkages in the reported cases. […]

Continue Reading →

DOH studying local COVID-19 cases to determine if there is already “community transmission” in PHL

  Localized lockdown to happen only if Code Red alert sublevel 2 is raised (Eagle News) — The Department of Health (DOH) is now studying the possibility of declaring a localized lockdown in certain areas in the country as it determines if there are clustering of cases. The department is also closely studying the new cases, especially those with no history of travel abroad, to determine if there is already a “community transmission” in certain […]

Continue Reading →