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Genome sequencing cracked the code of girl's illness in HK

Victor Ting, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Sep 30 02:19 PM

Anna Chu, 10, went years without knowing the reason for her eyesight problems before genome testing revealed she had a rare condition called Alström syndrome. Read more »

Higit 600 bagong kaso ng Delta variant na-detect

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 13 09:20 PM

Ayon sa DOH, 640 ang bagong nadagdag sa listahan ng mga na-detect ng Delta variant. Read more »

PH lists 640 new Delta cases, focuses on sequencing

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 09:21 AM

The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday confirmed 640 new Delta variant cases, giving the country a total of 2,708 patients infected with the more virulent COVID-19 strain. Read more »

WHO: COVID-19 virus posibleng di mawala sa ngayon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 07:45 PM

Nagpaalala ang WHO na maaaring hindi basta mawala ang COVID-19 virus sa ngayon. Read more »

PGC asks patience as it boosts capacity vs COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 08:38 PM

The Philippine Genome Center on Monday asked for patience as it works to build up its capacity to detect more COVID-19 variants. Read more »

Iloilo City nagpaplanong magtayo ng sariling genome sequencing center

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 10:35 PM

Nagpaplanong magtayo ng sariling genome sequencing center ang Iloilo City, ayon sa mayor ng lungsod na si Jerry Treñas, dahil sa banta ng mas nakakahawang COVID-19 Delta variant. Read more »

PH Genome Center needs P100-M for sequencing labs in Visayas, Mindanao to boost capacity

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 02:24 PM

MANILA— The Philippine Genome Center (PGC) needs P100 million to expand in the Visayas and Mindanao, an official said Wednesday, as its operations are now critical to ramp up detection of new COVID-19 variant cases in the country.  Read more »

Philippines needs to beef up genome sequencing for timely COVID-19 data: lawmakers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 11:20 AM

There should be more facilities capable of genome sequencing in the Philippines in order to provide timely COVID-19 data which would prompt appropriate containment measures, lawmakers said Monday.  Read more »

Bakit mabagal ang genome sequencing tungkol sa Delta variant sa Pilipinas?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 21 05:44 PM

Mahalaga ang sequencing para makita kung gaano kabilis makahawa ang isang virus at maikumpara ito sa findings ng ibang bansa. Read more »

Manila City gov't learned of Delta variant in capital 3 weeks after carrier's death: Isko

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 20 10:22 PM

Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso on Tuesday said the local government only learned that there was a Delta variant carrier in the capital city nearly a month after the patient died due to complications brought by COVID-19. Read more »

DOH: Wider genome-sequencing work needed to get ‘full picture’ of Delta variant status

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 17 02:51 PM

The DOH wants to expand genome sequencing work in areas that are high-risk for COVID-19, as the country tallied its first local cases of the transmissible Delta variant.  Read more »

PH sequencing less than 1pct of COVID-19 cases: official

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 23 05:03 PM

The Philippines needs to sequence more samples from COVID-19 patients to ensure that more contagious variants of the disease would not spread in communities, an official said, Wednesday. Read more »

Philippines has 4 new cases of COVID-19 Delta variant, 35 carriers of other strains

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 21 07:07 PM

(UPDATE) Four Filipinos have tested positive for the COVID-19 Delta variant, bringing the total number of Filipinos infected with it to 17, the government said Monday.  Read more »

Lack of genome sequencing kits slows down identification of PH COVID-19 samples

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 18 01:46 PM

For about 2 weeks, the DOH did not report how many individuals were carriers of foreign COVID-19 variants in the Philippines due to the lack of genome sequencing kits. Read more »

‘Kaso ng COVID-19 variant na unang nakita sa India, di pa nakikita sa Pilipinas’

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 07 08:48 PM

Sa mga samples, wala pang nakikita ang Philippine Genome Center na COVID-19 variant na unang nakita sa India. Read more »

Japan universities develop speedier analysis of coronavirus mutations

Kyodo News
Updated as of Apr 29 02:09 PM

Osaka University and Hokkaido University in Japan have developed a system capable of analyzing genetic mutations of the novel coronavirus much quicker than conventional methods. Read more »

Genome Center: COVID-19 variants found in nearly 10 percent of samples

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 06 09:08 PM

The Philippine Genome Center said on Tuesday it found more contagious COVID-19 variants in nearly 10 percent of samples it had sequenced.    Read more »

ALAMIN: Ano ang mga COVID-19 mutation at gaano sila kadelikado?

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 11 05:25 PM

Malaki ang pangamba ngayon ng mga Pilipino sa kumakalat na mga variant ng COVID-19. Sinasabi kasing mas nakahahawa ang mga ito at ang ilan naman ay nababawasan ang pagka-epektibo ng mga bakuna. Read more »

DOH traces contacts of MRT cluster-linked UK variant case

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 05:54 PM

Samples from contacts of a patient who contracted the UK variant case will soon undergo genome sequencing to check if these people also acquired the more transmissible COVID-19 variant, the Department of Health said Tuesday.  Read more »

1 of newly confirmed UK variant cases linked to MRT COVID-19 cluster, says DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 15 09:38 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) — One of the additional UK variant cases announced last week is from Metro Manila and is linked to the cluster of COVID-19 cases in the MRT, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday. Read more »