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South Africa detects new coronavirus variant

Alexander Winning, Reuters
Posted at Aug 31 01:31 AM

South African scientists have detected a new coronavirus variant with multiple mutations. Read more »

UK virus variant has developed concerning new mutation in small number of cases

Estelle Shirbon and Alistair Smout, Reuters
Posted at Feb 03 01:08 AM

LONDON - The UK variant of the coronavirus has developed a new, concerning mutation in a small number of cases, which scientists said makes it similar to the South African and Brazilian variants and could reduce the efficacy of vaccines. Read more »

PH expands ban to foreign travelers from Czech Republic over new COVID-19 variant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 10:14 PM

MANILA - Foreign travelers from the Czech Republic are banned from entering the Philippines from Jan. 28 until Jan. 31, Malacañang said Friday, after the UK COVID-19 variant was detected in the European country. Read more »

EXPLAINER: What is behind fears that UK coronavirus variant is more lethal?

Reuters
Posted at Jan 26 03:26 AM

LONDON - British scientists have said the UK variant of the coronavirus that is behind a surge in COVID-19 infections there may be not only more transmissible, but also more lethal - with a mortality risk around 30 percent higher than other variants. Read more »

Moderna says its vaccine will work against new COVID-19 variants

Reuters
Posted at Jan 26 12:45 AM

Moderna said on Monday it believes its COVID-19 vaccine protects against new variants found in Britain and South Africa, although it will test a new booster shot aimed at the South Africa variant after concluding that the antibody response could be diminished. Read more »

Germany detects first case of Brazilian virus variant

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 23 07:37 AM

BERLIN - Germany has detected its first case of a newly discovered Brazilian coronavirus variant, feared to be particularly infectious, regional health officials in the state of Hesse said Friday. Read more »

New COVID-19 variant defeats plasma treatment, may reduce vaccine efficacy: scientists

Reuters
Posted at Jan 21 04:53 AM

JOHANNESBURG - The new COVID-19 variant identified in South Africa can evade the antibodies that attack it in treatments using blood plasma from previously recovered patients, and may reduce the efficacy of the current line of vaccines, scientists said on Wednesday. Read more »

Previous coronavirus infection may offer less protection from new variant

Tim Cocks and Alexander Winning, Reuters
Posted at Jan 19 04:07 AM

JOHANNESBURG - Previous infection with the coronavirus may offer less protection against the new variant first identified in South Africa, scientists said on Monday, although they hope that vaccines will still work. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 14, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 04:09 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

QC gov't urges residents to observe minimum health protocols

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 03:54 PM

Market-goers are checked for their body temperature as they enter the Kamuning Market in Quezon City on Thursday. Read more »

Japan confirms new coronavirus variant in arrivals from Brazil

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 10 09:55 PM

Four people who arrived at Tokyo's Haneda airport from Brazil have been found to be infected with a new variant of the novel coronavirus, officials said Sunday, amid a resurgence of infections in Japan. Read more »

Why coronavirus variants may lead to false negative test results

Reuters
Updated as of Jan 09 04:40 AM

Genetic variants of the novel coronavirus, including the one found in UK, could impact the performance of some molecular COVID-19 tests and lead to false negative results, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Friday. Read more »

More samples needed to check presence of COVID-19 variant in PH: DOST

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 09 12:32 AM

MANILA - Philippine experts would need more samples from COVID-19 patients to check whether the mutated variant of the virus has already entered the country, the Department of Science and Technology said Friday. 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 »