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More severe COVID-19 variant 'nearly impossible' due to Omicron: expert

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 22 12:57 AM

The Omicron variant has made it difficult to for COVID-19 to generate a more severe strain than the existing variants, a molecular biologist said. Read more »

Hong Kong bans flights from Philippines, India, and Pakistan for 2 weeks

Reuters
Posted at Apr 19 09:32 AM

Hong Kong will suspend flights from India, Pakistan and the Philippines from April 20 for two weeks after the N501Y mutant COVID-19 strain was detected in the Asian financial hub for the first time, authorities said in a statement late on Sunday. Read more »

CDC: UK variant of COVID-19 is now most common strain in US

Susan Heavey and Carl O'Donnell, Reuters
Posted at Apr 08 02:02 AM

The strain, known as B.1.1.7, was identified in Britain last fall and has since been detected in 52 jurisdictions in the United States. Read more »

South Africa COVID-19 strain 'offers immunity against other variants'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 03 11:59 PM

JOHANNESBURG - A new study has shown that people previously infected by the COVID-19 variant identified in South Africa have better immunity against other coronavirus mutations, experts said Wednesday.    Read more »

New York officials downplay concern over new coronavirus variant

Peter Szekely, Reuters
Posted at Feb 26 11:35 AM

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s chief medical adviser on Thursday downplayed the results of 2 studies suggesting that a new coronavirus variant found in New York City in November will be more resistant to vaccines now being administered. Read more »

COVID-19 cases in Bontoc, Sagada rise by 34: PH testing czar

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 02 06:00 PM

Thirty-four more people in Bontoc and Sagada in Mountain Province have tested positive for COVID-19, the Philippines' coronavirus testing chief said Tuesday. Read more »

DOH: New set of genome-sequencing results negative for new COVID-19 variant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 30 09:42 PM

Of the 48 samples tested, 23 came from the capital region and were mostly from Quezon City, 19 from Calabarzon and were mostly from Laguna. Read more »

DOH: Premature to declare community transmission of UK COVID-19 variant in PH

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 23 12:14 PM

This, even as it tallied two new cases of the said strain with “no recorded travel history” outside their community.  Read more »

PH economy to see slower 4 to 4.2 pct growth post-2021: economist

Nika Lazo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 11:55 AM

The Philippine economy is likely to settle on a "lower growth path" of 4 to 4.2 percent in the years after 2021, slower than the 6 percent average growth of gross domestic product (GDP) pre-coronavirus, an economist said Thursday. Read more »

UK lockdown causes biggest drop in new car sales since World War 2

Costas Pitas, Reuters
Posted at Jan 06 09:45 AM

British new car sales fell nearly 30 percent last year in their biggest annual drop since 1943 as lockdown measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus hit the sector, a trade industry body said on Wednesday. Read more »

DOH looking into report HK resident from Manila tested positive for COVID-19 variant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 03:39 AM

The Department of Health said it is already coordinating with health officials in Hong Kong to confirm reports that a resident who returned from Manila tested positive of the mutant coronavirus strain. Read more »

'Dapat pasagasaan kayo ng eroplano': Go wants sanctions vs travel ban violators

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 04 12:12 PM

Sen. Christopher "Bong" Go on Monday warned that sanctions would be imposed against those who would refuse to adhere to the Philippines' new travel restrictions meant to stop the spread of the new COVID-19 strain.   Read more »

DFA to Filipinos abroad: Postpone trips home amid travel limits over new COVID-19 variant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 02 05:26 PM

In a statement Saturday, the DFA said it would be better for Filipinos to reconsider travelling to the Philippines until just the end of travel restrictions on Jan. 15 to avoid inconvenience. Read more »

Pagsama sa US sa mga bansang may travel restrictions, binawi ng Malacañang

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 11:13 PM

MAYNILA - Nilinaw ng Malacañang na hindi pa kasama ang Estados Unidos sa mga bansang sasakupin ng umiiral na travel restrictions bunsod ng naitalang bagong variant ng COVID-19. Read more »

NAIA 3 seemingly a 'ghost town' days before New Year's due to COVID-19 pandemic

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 31 12:40 PM

Far from the pre-New Year’s Eve hustle and bustle in previous years, the arrival area of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 (T3) seemed like a “ghost town” on Wednesday afternoon, as government imposed a fresh wave of travel restriction on several territories in light of the new “more contagious” coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom. Read more »

US, kasama na sa mga bansang may travel restrictions dahil sa bagong COVID-19 variant

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 06:36 PM

Kasama na ang United States sa mga bansang sakop ng travel restrictions na ipinatutupad ng pamahalaan bilang pag-iingat sa bagong variant ng COVID-19, sabi ni Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque ngayong Miyerkoles. Read more »

Ilang OFWs mula sa bansang may bagong COVID-19 strain nabigla sa bagong protocols

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 29 07:54 PM

Nabigla ang ilang OFW sa mas mahigpit na protocols na kailangang pagdaanan para makauwi sa kanilang pamilya.  Read more »

PH extends UK travel ban until mid-January, as new COVID variant emerges

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 27 10:53 AM

As the new mutation emerged, the DOH said it was recommending "a strict mandatory 14-day quarantine for travelers from countries" with reported cases of the new variant.  Read more »

Mga Pinoy sa London nagbabantay laban sa bagong COVID-19 strain

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 09:15 PM

Nakabantay na ang mga Pinoy sa London sa bagong variant ng coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mula sa United Kingdom.  Read more »

New COVID-19 strain no surprise, shows virus adaptability: Limpin

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 12:17 PM

MANILA - The new variant of COVID-19 virus found in the United Kingdom is not anymore surprising.   Read more »