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(Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Thursday acknowledged that there was an increase in the number of COVID-19 variants in the country but said this was due to “increased genomic biosurveillance activities.” The DOH made the statement as it announced there were 1,075 South Africa variant cases in the Philippines as of May 3. Apart from the B.1351 variant cases, it said there were so far 948 variant cases first detected in the […]
The UK variant of the novel coronavirus does not increase the severity of Covid-19 compared to other strains, according to research published Tuesday that also confirmed its increased transmissibility. The variant, known as B117, is now the dominant viral strain across much of Europe, and previous studies had shown it was linked to a higher likelihood of death than normal variants. But two studies published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases and The Lancet Public […]
Vaccine arrival has led public complacency in observing health protocols – WHO https://youtu.be/Y_zIWHW8VMc (Eagle News) — “Vaccine optimism” that led to public complacency and lax observance of minimum health protocols in the country, coupled with the presence of the three highly infectious SARS-CoV2 variants, are the primary reasons for the sharp increase in COVID-19 cases in the Philippines, according to the World Health Organization’s country representative. “The one factor is what I would […]
More COVID-19 cases with UK and South African variants also detected (Eagle News) — The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed Saturday, March 13, a new variant of the coronavirus called P.3 which was first found in the Philippines, as it also detected the first case of the Brazilian variant in the country. Because of this, all three highly infectious variants – the UK variant (B.1.1.7), the South African variant (B.1.351 variant) and the Brazilian […]
UK variant detected in 11 cities in NCR; South African variant found in 7 cities (Eagle News) – The Department of Health said that seven cities in Metro Manila have both the United Kingdom and the South African variants but did not specify what these cities were. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire also said that in all, 11 cities in Metro Manila had the UK variant, or the variant B.1.1.7. In fact, about 3.5 […]
The additional COVID-19 cases the highest count so far in 2021 (Eagle News) — The Philippines on Friday, March 5, reported over 3,000 additional cases, its highest count so far in 2021. According to data released by the Department of Health, the 3045 additional COVID-19 cases pushed the COVID-19 tally to 587,704. The report on the spike in additional COVID-19 cases came after the DOH said 52 additional South African COVID-19 virus variant cases, 31 […]
31 additional UK variant cases also detected (Eagle News) — The government has detected 52 more South African variant cases in the Philippines. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III added 31 additional United Kingdom variant cases and “42 additional cases with mutations of potential clinical significance” were also monitored. The additional cases pushed the total South African variant cases to 58, UK variant cases to 118, and cases with mutations of concern to 76. According to […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) said that six cases of the South African variant or B.1.351, have been found in the country, while 30 more cases of B.1.1.7 variant or the so-called UK variant have been also recently detected. With the additional 30 cases of the UK variant, the number of UK variant cases in the country have now reached 87. Aside from this, “two additional cases with mutations of interest” […]
(Eagle News)–Eighteen more UK variant cases have been found in the country. The Department of Health, the Philippine Genome Center and the University of the Philippines National Institute of Health said in a joint statement that the additional cases were found in the seventh batch of 757 samples sequenced by the PGC on Feb. 18. The additional cases brings the total UK variant cases in the Philippines to 62. The statement said an additional sample […]
Investigation underway as “containment measures” put in place (Eagle News) – Health authorities found two new mutations of the COVID-19 virus, SARS-CoV-2, amid an alarming rise in cases in Cebu. The Department of Health regional office in Central Visayas referred to the two mutations as “variants of concern.” Dr, Mary Jean Loreche, the spokesperson of DOG region 7 said the two new mutations were what could be called “variants under investigation.” The DOH regional […]
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 […]
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AFP) — Two new coronavirus infections which sent New Zealand’s biggest city into lockdown Monday are due to the UK variant of the disease, the first to be detected in the country, officials said. The Health Ministry said genomic sequencing identified the infections in Auckland as caused by the highly-contagious strain first found in the UK and said there was no link to any other positive cases detected so far in […]
