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(Eagle News) — Another individual has tested positive for the United Kingdom variant of COVID-19 in the Philippines. The Quezon City government said the individual was a 35-year-old male who had been quarantined for COVID-19 in an apartment with another. On February 5, his genome sequencing results showed he contracted the B.1.1.7 variant. In its release last February 5, the local government said the Department of Health referred to the man who hails from Liloan, […]
(Eagle News) — Twenty-two out of the 25 patients who tested positive for the United Kingdom COVID-19 virus variant in the Philippines have recovered, the Department of Health said on Monday, Feb. 8. According to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, of the remaining three of the 25, one–an 84-year-old male–died while two were still active cases. Earlier, the Department of Health said the UK variant–B.1.1.7–entered the country after a Quezon City resident tested positive for […]
(Eagle News) — Eighty-nine close contacts of the COVID-19 cases with the United Kingdom variant in the Mt. Province and in Benguet have tested positive for COVID-19. Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire said of the 89, 83 were from Bontoc while six were from La Trinidad. She said the 83 from Bontoc tested positive for COVID-19 out of the 410 identified as close contacts of the 12 UK variant cases first identified there. Of the […]
(Eagle News) — No UK variant of the COVID-19 virus was detected in the fourth batch of samples that underwent sequencing, the Department of Health said. In a statement, the DOH said the fourth batch was composed of 48 samples. Of these, 23 came from the National Capital Region, 19 from CALABARZON, four from the Cordillera Administrative Region, and two from returning overseas Filipinos. The DOH said of these 48 samples, seven have recovered. The […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 514,000 mark on Monday, Jan. 25, after the Department of Health reported 1,581 additional cases. The DOH said of the total 514,996 cases, 29,282 or 5.7 percent were active. Of these, 84.3 percent were mild, 8.6 percent asymptomatic, 4.1 percent critical, 2.6 percent severe, and 0.51 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Quezon City with 89, Cebu City with […]
(Eagle News) — At least 38 close contacts of 13 patients who tested positive for the United Kingdom COVID-19 virus variant in the country have tested positive for COVID-19. Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire said of the 38, 34 were close contacts of the 12 UK variant patients in Bontoc, Mt. Province while four were close contacts of the patient in La Trinidad, Benguet. According to Vergeire, all in all, 144 were identified as close […]
(Eagle News) — Fourteen individuals who were contacts of the Quezon City resident who tested positive for the UK COVID-19 virus variant upon arrival in the Philippines have so far tested positive for COVID-19, Health Undersecretary Rosario Vergeire said on Friday, Jan. 22. According to Vergeire, of the 14, eight were Emirates flight passengers who tested positive upon arrival in the Philippines on Jan. 7. Four–including the index case’s girlfriend–were also the index case’s co-passengers […]
