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PHL genome scientists on alert for UK variant as they analyze COVID virus strains in country

But UK variant not yet observed in present COVID virus samples in PHL, says PGC   (Eagle News) – Philippine scientists are monitoring and checking if the reported virus strain in the United Kingdom, variant B.1.1.7, — said to be more infectious than previous COVID-19 mutations — has already reached the country. The scientists at the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) are tracing if the current variants of the COVID-19 virus include that of the UK […]