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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 »

Reagents for genome sequencing of COVID-19 variants good for a month, more to arrive: DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 07:28 PM

The Philippines has enough supplies to run COVID-19 samples through genome sequencing for a month, the Department of Health said Monday. Read more »

Government allocates P362 million for COVID-19 genome sequencing

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 01:04 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's Cabinet has allocated an additional P362 million to fund the country's genome sequencing efforts for the whole year, which would help identify new COVID-19 variants, an official said on Thursday.  Read more »

DOH: Mahalagang mapaigting ang pagsusuri sa COVID-19 samples

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 01 08:25 PM

Ayon din sa Department of Health, importanteng mapaigting ang pagsusuri sa COVID-19 samples sa bansa.  Read more »

DOH needs additional P362 million for genome sequencing

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 01 04:01 PM

MANILA - The Department of Health is requesting some P362 million to fund the country's genome sequencing efforts for the whole year, which would help identify new COVID-19 variants. 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 »

‘Case closed,’ says DOH of Filipina in HK with UK COVID-19 variant

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 12:38 PM

MANILA — With all of her contacts in the Philippines already tested and found negative of the more transmissible COVID-19 variant, the case of the Filipina domestic helper in Hong Kong who had contracted the virus' UK strain has been deemed “case closed,” the Department of Health said Friday. Read more »

DOH looking into 8 returning Pinoys for possible source of new COVID variant in Bontoc

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 27 01:06 PM

The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday said it is looking at 8 overseas Filipino who returned to the Cordillera Administrative Region, to find the source of the new COVID-19 variant that spread in Bontoc, Mountain Province.  Read more »

DOH: Restricting 10- to 14-year-olds to give gov’t time to know extent of UK variant spread

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 06:54 PM

Currently, there are 17 UK-variant cases in the Philippines, although it is unclear how some of them were infected. Read more »

Britain to help other countries track down coronavirus variants

Alistair Smout, Reuters
Posted at Jan 26 10:39 AM

Britain will share its genomic sequencing capabilities with other countries to help quicker identify new variants of the coronavirus in places with less ability to do so, its health ministry said on Tuesday. Read more »

DOH confirms local, not community transmission, of UK COVID-19 variant in Bontoc

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 11:42 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday evening confirmed local transmission of the new and more transmissible COVID-19 variant in Bontoc, Mountain Province. Read more »

Girlfriend, mom of PH’s first case of new COVID-19 variant test positive

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 20 03:24 PM

MANILA — The girlfriend of the first new variant case in the Philippines tested positive for COVID-19 after being re-swabbed, the Department of Health said Wednesday. 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 »

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 »

Wala pang nahahanap na kaso ng bagong COVID-19 variant sa PH: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 06 06:44 PM

Wala pang nakikitang kaso ng bagong COVID-19 variant sa Pilipinas, base sa mga sample na sinuri ng Philippine Genome Center. Read more »

Australian scientists develop genome sequencing to trace COVID-19 cases within 4 hours

Reuters
Posted at Dec 10 12:36 PM

Australian scientists said on Thursday they had developed a rapid genome sequencing method that would cut to within four hours the time taken to trace the source of coronavirus cases, helping to quickly contain any future outbreaks.   Read more »

Almost a third of COVID-19 samples show mutation, but not worse disease: WHO

Stephanie Nebehay and Michael Shields, Reuters
Posted at Jul 04 03:43 AM

Almost 30 percent of genome sequencing data from samples of the COVID-19 virus collected by the World Health Organization (WHO) have shown signs of mutation, but there is no evidence this has led to more severe disease, a top WHO official said on Friday. Read more »