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What is your 'household risk' for COVID19 Omicron BA.5?

Dr. Susan Mercado
Updated as of Jul 30 03:01 PM

What are your household risks for COVID19 when the variant is highly transmissible? The more of these you have in your living quarters, the greater your household risk: Read more »

Experts nagbabala laban sa 'sadyang' pagpapahawa ng COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 07:40 PM

Nagbabala ang mga eksperto laban sa intensiyonal na pag-infect sa sarili ng COVID-19 sa pag-aakalang "natural" vaccine ito. Read more »

‘Deltacron’ likely result of lab error, experts say

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 12:30 AM

While people can suffer from influenza and coronavirus at the same time, the two viruses cannot combine. Read more »

Health experts nanawagang 'wag balewalain ang omicron

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 07:37 PM

Ito ay sa harap ng mga pahayag na "mild" ang ipinapakitang sintomas ng variant sa ilang indibidwal. Read more »

Reinfection sa COVID-19, mataas sa Omicron variant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 07:28 PM

Ayon sa ilang eksperto sa South Africa, malaki ang tsansa na magkasakit ulit ang mga dati nang gumaling sa COVID-19 kapag tinamaan ng Omicron variant. Read more »

Omicron justifies mandatory vaccination: Concepcion

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 01 04:03 PM

COVID-19's Omicron variant makes the mandatory vaccination "urgent and justifiable," presidential adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said. Read more »

Bagong COVID-19 variant, na-detect sa South Africa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 07:31 PM

Binabantayan ngayon ang bagong COVID-19 variant na unang na-detect sa South Africa. Nakita na rin ang bagong variant sa Botswana at sa Hong Kong. Read more »

Are you doing enough to safeguard your health?

Enervon
Posted at Nov 23 12:56 PM

Apart from getting vaccinated, there are different things you can do that can help provide an extra boost to your immune system. Read more »

Mu variant ng COVID-19, nadiskubre sa Colombia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 01 08:10 PM

Itinuturing na "variant of interest" ng WHO ang nadiskubreng bagong variant ng COVID-19. Read more »

Beyond Delta, scientists are watching new variants

Julie Steenhuysen, Reuters
Posted at Aug 08 11:38 PM

Scientists remain focused on Delta, now the dominant variant, but are tracking others to see what may one day take its place. Read more »

Denmark incinerates 4 million mink culled to curb COVID-19 mutations

Tim Barsoe, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 29 07:29 AM

COPENHAGEN - Denmark this week began incinerating 4 million mink that had been culled to curb COVID-19 mutations but began to resurface from mass burial sites, prompting renewed health concerns. Read more »

Indian scientists flag virus mutations that could 'evade immune response'

Krishna N. Das, Reuters
Posted at May 01 09:22 PM

NEW DELHI - A forum of scientific advisers set up by the Indian government has told authorities about minor mutations in some samples of the coronavirus that could "possibly evade immune response" and require more study, a leader of the forum has told Reuters. 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 »

Indian variant of COVID-19 not yet detected in Philippines — DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 26 02:25 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Monday said it has not yet detected the presence of a so-called Indian coronavirus variant in the Philippines.   Read more »

Britain is investigating variant originating in India

Reuters
Posted at Apr 19 02:02 AM

"We have not got enough data about this variant yet to be able to clarify whether it's a variant of concern," says on Public Health England official. Read more »

Indonesia reports coronavirus case with ‘Eek’ mutation

Reuters
Posted at Apr 07 04:00 AM

The new variant contains the E484K mutation found in variants first identified in South Africa and Brazil.   Read more »

HK must stay alert to possible threat posed by COVID-19 variant first found in PH - experts

Elizabeth Cheung, Phila Siu and Lilian Cheng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 04 09:41 AM

Concern mounts over threat from mutation that has appeared in the Philippines. Saturday’s COVID-19 caseload is Hong Kong’s lowest in nearly a week. Read more »

B.1.1.7 COVID variant at mutations kinumpirma sa Caraga Region

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 19 10:20 PM

Ang nakumpirmang B.1.1.7 variant na sample ay galing sa isang returning overseas Filipino na taga Bislig City, Surigao del Sur. Read more »

COVID-19 variant na nadiskubre sa Pilipinas mas nakahahawa ba?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 15 09:56 PM

Ayon sa Philippine Genome Center, natural lang para sa isang virus na mag-mutate at hindi laging pinalala ng mutation ang bagsik ng isang virus. 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 »