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AstraZeneca COVID shot less effective against S.African variant: study

Derek Francis and Andy Bruce, Reuters
Posted at Feb 07 07:37 AM

British drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Saturday its vaccine developed with the University of Oxford appeared to offer only limited protection against mild disease caused by the South African variant of COVID-19, based on early data from a trial.   Read more »

Pfizer-BioNTech say COVID-19 vaccine works against UK, S. Africa variants

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 28 04:33 PM

Pfizer and BioNTech, makers of a COVID-19 vaccine, said on Thursday that their product is effective against coronavirus variants that have emerged in Britain and South Africa. Read more »

Duterte adds travelers from US with restrictions over COVID-19 variant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 01 05:08 PM

MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte has included foreign travelers from the United States barred from entering the Philippines to prevent the entry of a new variant of the coronavirus, Malacañang announced Friday. Read more »

New COVID-19 virus variant a 'downside' to PH economic recovery: economist

Bruce Rodriguez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 30 08:18 PM

The new variant of the COVID-19 virus is posing a downside risk for the Philippines' economic recovery, an economist said Wednesday. Read more »

New COVID-19 variant may delay economic recovery: PCCI

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 28 11:15 AM

The new COVID-19 variant will delay the Philippines' economic growth if it will reach the country, a business group said Monday. Read more »

Sulu wants to suspend return of Filipinos from Sabah due to new virus variant

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 28 10:50 PM

Sulu province wants to suspend the return of Filipinos from Sabah after detection of the new COVID-19 variant, its governor said Monday. Read more »

Govt urged to restrict travel from nations with new COVID-19 strain

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 28 08:08 AM

Government should not wait for other nations to have local transmissions of the new COVID-19 strain in order to restrict travel, a public health expert said Monday. Read more »

‘Knee-jerk response’: Teachers’ group hits recall of pilot face-to-face classes

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 28 10:38 AM

A teachers’ group slammed Sunday President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to cancel limited in-person classes, which were supposed to be pilot-tested in January, calling the move a “knee-jerk reaction.” Read more »

PH yet to ban travel from other nations with new COVID-19 strain: Año

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 27 09:20 AM

The Philippines would not yet ban travel from other countries with the new COVID-19 strain found in the UK unless there's community transmission there, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said Sunday.   Read more »

‘We are indebted’: Duterte lauds doctors in PH fight vs COVID-19, new strain

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 11:48 PM

Duterte thanked the medical experts who joined him and the task force at the Malacañang briefing to help clarify issues surrounding the B.1.1.7 variant found in the UK. Read more »

New lockdowns ‘not sustainable,’ if new COVID strain found in PH, say experts

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 28 04:32 AM

The recommendations by medical practitioners present during the televised briefing ran counter to the government task force’s suggestions, which lobbied for harsher measures, including, should the situation warrant, a lockdown.    Read more »

Duterte: Gov’t response vs new COVID strain unchanged, but lockdown looms if ‘things get worse’

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 26 11:12 PM

“The best thing to address our problems at the same time, we will treat the new strain as if we are treating COVID, the way we are treating COVID-19. If it is toxic, virulent . . . We will respond,” Duterte said. Read more »

Duque: UK traveler positive for COVID-19, but it doesn’t mean case linked to new strain

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 26 10:35 PM

The Philippine government has already imposed travel restrictions from the United Kingdom until the end of the year.   Read more »

Duterte: Sulu asks for gov’t ‘assistance’, as Sabah reportedly detects new COVID-19 strain

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 26 11:14 PM

At the time this story was posted, Japan, France, and Singapore were among those that reported the local presence of the new COVID-19 strain.  Read more »

First case of new COVID-19 variant found in France as cases rise

Sudip Kar-Gupta, Reuters
Posted at Dec 26 01:07 PM

France recorded its first case of the new variant of coronavirus, as the number of cases and deaths from COVID-19 mounted in the country, increasing concerns of a new wave of the virus hitting the euro zone's second-biggest economy. Read more »

Ilang Pinoy sa UK apektado ng kanselasyon ng flights pauwing Pilipinas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 25 07:34 PM

Apektado ang ilang Pinoy sa United Kingdom na plano sanang umuwi ngayong Pasko dahil sa suspensiyon ng mga flight papuntang Pilipinas. Read more »

Singapore confirms first case of new coronavirus variant found in UK

Reuters
Posted at Dec 24 12:59 PM

Singapore has confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus variant found in the United Kingdom, the city-state said, while 11 others who were already in quarantine had returned preliminarily positive results for the new strain. Read more »

COVID-19 variant present in Ireland, new curbs needed

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 24 09:38 AM

Irish health chiefs believe a new variant of COVID-19 found in neighboring Britain is present in Ireland, but not solely responsible for a rapid spread of the disease that will require restrictions beyond those announced just 24 hours ago. Read more »

Moderna expects its COVID-19 vaccine to protect vs UK virus strain

Reuters
Posted at Dec 24 09:08 AM

Moderna Inc said on Wednesday it expects that the immunity induced by its COVID-19 vaccine would be protective against the coronavirus variants reported in the UK. Read more »

New COVID strain may cause holiday surge to worsen if it enters PH: expert

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 23 09:24 AM

The more infectious new COVID-19 variant may worsen the Philippines' holiday surge if it enters the country, an infectious disease expert said Wednesday. Read more »