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UK sees third-highest daily death toll with new COVID-19 cases at 3-week low

David Milliken, Reuters
Posted at Jan 17 09:01 AM

Britain reported its lowest number of daily new coronavirus infections since the start of the year on Saturday, adding to signs that a national lockdown is slowing the spread of a more infectious variant of the disease. Read more »

PH to conduct genome sequencing for all COVID-positive arrivals

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 01:22 PM

The Department of Health on Friday said all travelers who test positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in the Philippines will undergo genome sequencing to check for new variants.   Read more »

WHO convenes emergency committee early over COVID-19 variants

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 01:16 PM

The World Health Organization's emergency committee will meet two weeks early on Thursday to discuss the new coronavirus variants from South Africa and Britain that have rapidly spread to at least 50 countries and sparked widespread alarm.   Read more »

Contacts of HK Pinay with new COVID-19 variant test positive, but no UK mutation

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 14 03:54 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Thursday said that the contacts of the Filipina domestic helper in Hong Kong did not have the new and more transmissible COVID-19 variant from the United Kingdom.   Read more »

DOH eyes travel ban vs United Arab Emirates after Pinoy infected with UK variant

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 14 11:34 AM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Thursday said it will be recommending the inclusion of the United Arab Emirates in the Philippines’ travel ban list.   Read more »

DOH: No need to panic after detection of more contagious coronavirus variant

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 14 10:14 AM

The Department of Health on Thursday said there was "no need to panic" after the more contagious COVID-19 variant first discovered in the UK was detected in the Philippines. Read more »

Some passengers onboard flight with new COVID-19 variant patient reject DOH call

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 14 12:25 PM

Passengers onboard the flight of the Filipino who tested positive for the new coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom are urged to contact authorities, the Department of Health said Thursday. Read more »

Contact tracing 'most important' after PH detects new COVID variant: treatment czar

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 14 07:49 AM

The country's coronavirus treatment czar on Thursday stressed the importance of contact tracing and sampling positive cases after the Philippines reported its first case of the more contagious COVID-19 variant first found in the UK. Read more »

UK COVID-19 variant now in the Philippines, says DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 13 11:12 PM

MANILA (3rd UPDATE) — The new and more transmissible coronavirus variant first reported in the United Kingdom has been detected in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday evening. Read more »

Result of 2nd run of gene sequencing for new COVID variant to come out Thurs or Fri

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 13 03:56 PM

The Department of Health on Wednesday said that it will know by Thursday or Friday if any new coronavirus variant has already entered the Philippines.   Read more »

Gov't urged to extend travel ban to prevent entry of new COVID-19 variant

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 13 08:41 AM

A research team on Wednesday urged government to extend for 2 weeks the country's travel restrictions on nations with reported cases of a new and more contagious COVID-19 variant. Read more »

WHO: Pfizer, other COVID-19 vaccines should be effective against UK, South Africa variants

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 01:22 PM

The World Health Organization on Monday said current evidence shows that COVID-19 vaccines under development should be effective against the new variants.   Read more »

PH gov’t now monitoring 3 new COVID-19 variants

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 12:05 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Friday announced that it is now checking if 3 new COVID-19 variants, including the United Kingdom variant, have entered the Philippines.   Read more »

DOH says HK resident with new COVID variant a ‘Filipina domestic helper’

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 12:53 PM

The Department of Health on Thursday confirmed that the traveler who tested positive for the new COVID-19 variant days after arriving in Hong Kong is a Filipino national.   Read more »

DOH: HK resident tested positive for COVID variant more than a week after leaving Manila, Cagayan Valley

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 12:34 AM

MANILA (UPDATED) — The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday revealed that the Hong Kong resident who tested positive for the new COVID-19 variant came from Cagayan Valley.  Read more »

New variant may increase Philippines' COVID cases 15-fold, says gov’t adviser

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 05:18 PM

A public health research group on Wednesday warned that if the new COVID-19 variant enters the Philippines, it may result in much higher number of cases and deaths. Read more »

DOH recommends travel ban on 6 more countries with new COVID-19 variant

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 02:37 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Wednesday said that it had already recommended a travel ban for more countries that detected the new and more transmissible COVID-19 variant. Read more »

DOH contact-tracing 40 co-passengers of HK resident with reportedly new COVID variant

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 06 06:53 PM

MANILA — At least 40 people are now the focus of the health department's contact tracing efforts, following reports that a foreigner who had travelled to the Philippines tested positive for the new COVID-19 variant upon arriving in Hong Kong.  Read more »

No new COVID variant detected in PH, gene sequencing shows — DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 06 12:11 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Wednesday said it has not detected the new and more transmissible COVID-19 variant in the Philippines based on results of genome sequencing. Read more »

HK resident with PH travel history may have been infected locally: OCTA Research

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 06 12:03 PM

A Hong Kong resident who returned to her country with the new COVID-19 variant after traveling to the Philippines may have contracted it there upon arrival, the OCTA Research Group said Wednesday. Read more »