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UK COVID-19 variant more deadly? DOH explains why that might not be true

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Updated as of Jan 26 10:52 AM

The COVID-19 variant reported in the United Kingdom may not necessarily be more deadly as claimed to be, the Department of Health said Tuesday. Read more »

UK COVID-19 variant cases in PH rise to 17

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 10:51 PM

Philippine health authorities ramp up contact tracing efforts for more than a dozen cases of the UK variant of COVID-19. Read more »

Pinoy frontliners sa UK tuloy sa trabaho sa gitna ng bagong COVID variant

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Updated as of Jan 25 10:30 PM

Mistulang nasa war zone ang Pinoy frontliners sa UK sa gitna ng posibleng mas nakamamatay na bagong variant ng COVID-19.  Read more »

‘Maaga pa para sabihing may community transmission na ng UK variant sa PH’

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Updated as of Jan 24 11:47 AM

Ito ay kahit pa nadagdagan ng 16 ang kaso ng bagong variant, kung saan dalawa ang walang travel history. Read more »

Is UK COVID-19 variant more deadly? Experts say virus not sole factor

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 23 02:22 PM

In a public press briefing Saturday, infectious disease specialist Dr. Edsel Salvana said the United Kingdom's statement is "very preliminary."  Read more »

First PH patient with new COVID-19 variant recovers, to undergo monitoring

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 22 06:40 PM

The man confirmed to be the country's first case of the new COVID-19 variant has tested negative for the coronavirus, the Quezon City local government said Friday.  Read more »

COVID-positive contacts of PH's first UK coronavirus variant case rise to 14

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Posted at Jan 21 11:26 PM

Another COVID-positive infection is identified from among the persons who had contact with the first Philippine case of the UK coronavirus variant.   Read more »

Quezon City authorities probe how mother of PH's first UK variant case got infected

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Posted at Jan 21 12:17 AM

The local government of Quezon City said Wednesday it is currently investigating how the mother of the Quezon City resident who tested positive with the UK variant of COVID-19 got infected with the disease. Read more »

13 contacts of PH's first UK coronavirus variant case test positive for COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 11:57 PM

More contacts of the first Philippine case of the UK COVID-19 variant test positive for the new coronavirus. Read more »

Ina at girlfriend ng lalaking may UK variant ng COVID-19, nagpositibo na rin sa sakit

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 11:08 PM

Nagpositibo sa COVID-19 ang ina at girlfriend ng lalaking galing sa Dubai na tinamaan ng bagong variant ng COVID-19.  Read more »

Ina, nobya ng 'UK variant patient zero' positibo sa COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 20 07:10 PM

Nagpositibo sa COVID-19 ang ina at nobya ng pinakaunang kaso ng United Kingdom variant ng sakit sa Pilipinas.    Read more »

UK coronavirus strain detected in at least 60 countries: WHO

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 20 01:48 PM

The UK coronavirus strain has been detected in at least 60 countries, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, 10 more than a week ago. Read more »

Higit 200 contacts ng Pinoy na nagpositibo sa UK variant natunton na

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Posted at Jan 19 08:03 PM

Higit 200 contacts ng Pinoy na nagpositibo sa UK variant ng coronavirus ang natunton ng mga health official sa Quezon City. Read more »

2021 Panagbenga Festival sa Baguio, tuloy pero simple lang

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 04:33 PM

Sinabi ni Mayor Benjamin Magalong na magiging "low key" ang pagdiriwang para kontrolin ang bugso ng mga tao at tiyaking walang makapapasok na virus sa lungsod. Read more »

QC mayor says no Kamuning lockdown

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 10:17 PM

The Department of Health now recommends imposing a travel ban on the United Arab Emirates after a Filipino who had been to the Middle Eastern country caught the more infectious COVID-19 variant. Read more »

Lalaking taga Quezon City, unang kaso sa bansa ng mas nakakahawang COVID-19 variant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 08:04 PM

Nasa bansa na ang mas nakakahawang variant ng COVID-19.  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 »

'COVID-19 variant di pa nade-detect pero di ibig sabihing wala pa sa Pilipinas'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 07:40 PM

Wala pang nade-detect na bagong variant ng COVID-19 sa bansa pero di ibig sabihin umano ay wala pa ito sa Pilipinas.  Read more »

DOH: No new COVID variant detected in PH yet

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Posted at Jan 11 11:46 PM

MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday reiterated that it has yet to detect a COVID-19 variant in the Philippines. Read more »

Swab samples ng nakasalamuha ng OFW na positibo sa COVID-19 variant, sinusuri

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 09:21 PM

Sinusuri na ang swab samples ng mga taong nakasalamuha ng isang Filipino domestic worker sa Hong Kong na nag-positibo sa United Kingdom variant ng SARS-CoV-2. Read more »