(Eagle News) — The Department of Health and the Philippine Genome Center on Wednesday, January 6, said the UK variant of the COVID-19 virus has not yet been detected in the country. The DOH and the PGC issued the statement after Hong Kong said a traveler from the Philippines had been found to have B.1.1.7, which is said to be up to 70 percent more infectious. According to their joint statement, based on the lineage […]