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(Eagle News) — Health authorities confirmed the United Kingdom COVID-19 virus variant has been detected in 16 other COVID-19 cases in the country. A statement from the Department of Health on Friday night said this was also confirmed by the Philippine Genome Center and the University of the Philippines-National Institute of Health. The statement said of the 16 additional cases, 12 were from Bontoc, Mountain Province, two were returning overseas Filipinos, while two were detected […]
(Eagle News) — The Quezon City resident who tested positive for the United Kingdom COVID-19 virus variant has now tested negative. The Quezon City government made the announcement on Friday, Jan. 22, nine days after the Philippine government announced the detection of the variant in the country following the QC resident’s test results. The local government said the doctors at the quarantine facility where he is staying, however, will make a final assessment before he […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health and the Philippine Genome Center on Wednesday, January 13, confirmed the COVID-19 variant first seen in the United Kingdom has been detected in the country. In a joint statement, the DOH and the PGC said this was after samples from a Filipino who arrived from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) yielded positive genome sequencing results. The statement said the patient was a male resident of Quezon City […]
