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Delta variant doubles risk of COVID-19 hospitalization - study

Reuters
Posted at Jun 15 12:22 AM

LONDON - The Delta coronavirus variant doubles the risk of hospitalization compared with the previously dominant variant in Britain, but two doses of vaccine still provide strong protection, a Scottish study found on Monday. Read more »

PH genome testing capacity still limited amid presence of COVID-19 variants- DOH

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 02:40 PM

In a public briefing, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the health department only runs an average of 750 samples per week to detect the presence of virus variants.  Read more »

In mutant variants, has the coronavirus shown its best tricks?

Kate Kelland and Julie Steenhuysen, Reuters
Posted at Apr 01 08:11 AM

LONDON/CHICAGO - The rapid rise in different parts of the world of deadly, more infectious coronavirus variants that share new mutations is leading scientists to ask a critical question - has the SARS-CoV-2 virus shown its best cards? Read more »

UK virus variant has developed concerning new mutation in small number of cases

Estelle Shirbon and Alistair Smout, Reuters
Posted at Feb 03 01:08 AM

LONDON - The UK variant of the coronavirus has developed a new, concerning mutation in a small number of cases, which scientists said makes it similar to the South African and Brazilian variants and could reduce the efficacy of vaccines. Read more »

UK records second highest daily COVID toll on Wednesday

Reuters
Posted at Jan 28 05:04 AM

LONDON - The United Kingdom on Wednesday recorded its second highest daily death toll from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic as the government battled to speed up vaccination delivery. Read more »

PH expands ban to foreign travelers from Czech Republic over new COVID-19 variant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 10:14 PM

MANILA - Foreign travelers from the Czech Republic are banned from entering the Philippines from Jan. 28 until Jan. 31, Malacañang said Friday, after the UK COVID-19 variant was detected in the European country. Read more »

Anger and grief as United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll nears 100,000

Andrew MacAskill and Paul Sandle, Reuters
Posted at Jan 26 03:28 AM

LONDON - As the United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll approaches 100,000, grief-stricken relatives of the dead expressed anger at Prime Minister Boris Johnson's handling of the worst public health crisis in a century. Read more »

EXPLAINER: What is behind fears that UK coronavirus variant is more lethal?

Reuters
Posted at Jan 26 03:26 AM

LONDON - British scientists have said the UK variant of the coronavirus that is behind a surge in COVID-19 infections there may be not only more transmissible, but also more lethal - with a mortality risk around 30 percent higher than other variants. Read more »

Moderna says its vaccine will work against new COVID-19 variants

Reuters
Posted at Jan 26 12:45 AM

Moderna said on Monday it believes its COVID-19 vaccine protects against new variants found in Britain and South Africa, although it will test a new booster shot aimed at the South Africa variant after concluding that the antibody response could be diminished. Read more »

'Some evidence' UK coronavirus strain more deadly, says UK PM Johnson

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 23 09:38 AM

LONDON - The new strain of coronavirus identified in Britain could be not only more transmissible but also more deadly, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday. Read more »

Philippines confirms 16 more cases of UK COVID-19 variant

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 23 09:36 AM

MANILA (UPDATE) - The Philippines on Friday confirmed 16 more cases of the new, more transmissible variant of COVID-19, raising the total to 17 on the same day it reported the highest daily tally of cases in over two months. Read more »

UK COVID death toll reaches 94,580

Reuters
Posted at Jan 22 05:12 AM

LONDON - The death toll from COVID-19 in the United Kingdom hit 94,580 on Thursday after the country recorded another 1,290 fatalities, while official data showed medics had delivered a new high of 363,508 vaccines in the last 24 hours. Read more »

Previous coronavirus infection may offer less protection from new variant

Tim Cocks and Alexander Winning, Reuters
Posted at Jan 19 04:07 AM

JOHANNESBURG - Previous infection with the coronavirus may offer less protection against the new variant first identified in South Africa, scientists said on Monday, although they hope that vaccines will still work. Read more »

Japan confirms new coronavirus variant in arrivals from Brazil

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 10 09:55 PM

Four people who arrived at Tokyo's Haneda airport from Brazil have been found to be infected with a new variant of the novel coronavirus, officials said Sunday, amid a resurgence of infections in Japan. Read more »

Why coronavirus variants may lead to false negative test results

Reuters
Updated as of Jan 09 04:40 AM

Genetic variants of the novel coronavirus, including the one found in UK, could impact the performance of some molecular COVID-19 tests and lead to false negative results, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Friday. Read more »

DOST wants more samples to check for new COVID-19 variant in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 01:18 PM

Experts want more samples from patients with COVID-19 to check if the disease's new, more contagious variant has entered the Philippines, the Department of Science and Technology said on Friday.    Read more »

UK reports highest daily COVID-19 deaths since April

Reuters
Posted at Jan 07 04:21 AM

LONDON - The United Kingdom has recorded more than 1,000 COVID-19 daily deaths for the first time since April as the government struggles to deal with a new, more infectious variant of the coronavirus. Read more »

Philippines 'closely monitoring' more contagious variant in US

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 04:57 PM

The Philippines is "closely monitoring" the COVID-19 situation in the US which detected a new, more contagious coronavirus variant, Malacañang said on Wednesday, even as it has yet to include its Western ally in its recently imposed travel ban. Read more »

Britain reports record daily number of new coronavirus cases, topping 40,000

Reuters
Posted at Dec 29 02:02 AM

LONDON - Britain reported 41,385 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, a daily record, as a rapidly spreading variant of the coronavirus increases infection rates and the holiday weekend impacted the reporting of some new cases. Read more »

Canada detects first coronavirus variant cases: health officials

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 27 09:41 AM

The first two cases of a particularly infectious coronavirus variant that recently emerged in Britain have been confirmed in Canada, health authorities said Saturday. Read more »