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(Eagle News) — The Philippines has detected the UK variant of the COVID-19 virus in 19 more cases in the Philippines. The Department of Health said the development brought the total COVID-19 cases with the UK variant in the country to 44. The DOH said the additional cases were part of the sixth batch of 718 samples sequenced by the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center on February 8. “The sixth batch of samples were […]
One new case from Benguet is 84-year old man who died on Jan. 24 (Eagle News) – The Philippines now has a total of 25 detected UK variant cases, following the detection of eight additional cases, the Department of Health said Friday night, Feb . 5. One of the confirmed cases had died. This was an 84-year old man from Benguet who had no travel history nor any known contact with any UK variant case. […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s Oxford University said on Friday its researchers behind the joint AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine had found it to be effective against the UK virus variant now dominant across the country. The university, which developed the jab with the British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm, said an ongoing assessment of its effectiveness showed that it has “similar efficacy” to other coronavirus strains. “Data from our trials… in the United Kingdom indicate that the […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia on Tuesday suspended entry from 20 countries, ranging from some neighbouring states to the United States, in a bid to curb a jump in coronavirus infections. The interior ministry announced the “temporary suspension” would be effective from 9.00 pm (1800 GMT) on Wednesday, according to the official Saudi Press Agency. The ban applies to neighbouring Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, and in the wider region, to […]
From 750 samples per week, PGC limited to testing only 48 samples last week (Eagle News) — The Department of Health said that the global shortage of reagents for genome sequencing has affected the country’s ability to do genome sequencing on COVID-19 samples in the country for testing on the UK variant B.1.1.7 and the South African variant of the COVID-19 virus, SARS-CoV2. The DOH said that due to this deficiency, the Philippine Genome […]
(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) — Metro Manila will be under a general community quarantine for the entire month of February. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the Cordillera Administrative Region, Batangas, Tacloban City, Davao City, Davao del Norte, Lanao del Sur and Iligan City will also be under the quarantine status. The rest of the country will be under a modified general community quarantine. MGCQ areas have the least restrictions and are considered the new normal in […]
DOH expanding contact tracing efforts in CAR as 615 contacts identified (Eagle News) — The Department of Health said that it has traced “three major clusters of infections” in Bontoc province which all have the so-called UK variant, B.1.1.7. This was discovered by the DOH as it was trying to trace the source of the UK variant of the COVID-19 virus in Bontoc where at least 12 UK variant cases have been already detected by […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that he was just taking precautionary measures when he decided to reverse the earlier resolution of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases on regarding the easing of restrictions for children aged 10 to 14 years in Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) areas. The 75-year old Philippine leader, who is also a doting grandfather, said that it is best to be extra careful especially with the […]
Cases can still be linked to each other, says health experts https://youtu.be/7Uhf_OcOWfs (Eagle News) — The Department of Health (DOH) said that there is no community transmission yet of the highly infectious B.1.1.7 variant of the COVID-19 virus in the country. DOH officials and heath experts said that the local transmission of the UK variant cases in Bontoc is not considered as community transmission as they can still establish linkages in the reported cases. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to all Filipinos to strictly follow minimum health protocols such as wearing of face masks, frequent hand washing and social distancing amid the entry of the highly infectious B.1.1.7 variant of the COVID-19 virus that was first detected in the United Kingdom. The 75-year old Philippine leader noted the rising COVID-19 cases in the country, which have now reached more than 500,000. If the situation worsens, the […]
