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Topic: new-COVID-19-variant

Australia probes first probable Omicron community case

Australia probes first probable Omicron community case

Reuters
Updated as of Nov 30 12:58 PM

Australian authorities said Tuesday an international traveler who was most likely infected with the Omicron variant has spent time in the community. Read more »

Hong Kong expands travel curbs on Omicron fears

Hong Kong expands travel curbs on Omicron fears

Marius Zaharia and Renju Jose, Reuters
Updated as of Nov 30 12:35 PM

Hong Kong expanded a ban on entry for non-residents from several countries as global health authorities raced to curb a potential outbreak of Omicron. Read more »

PNP ready to implement face shield use policy if adopted anew

PNP ready to implement face shield use policy if adopted anew

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 29 01:07 PM

The PNP said it is ready to implement the mandatory use of face shields, if adopted again by the government amid the threat of the Omicron variant. Read more »

Pinoys urged: Get vaccinated amid Omicron variant threat

Pinoys urged: Get vaccinated amid Omicron variant threat

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 29 09:40 AM

A public health expert on Monday urged more people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 amid growing concerns about the new Omicron coronavirus variant. Read more »

Omicron closes borders across the globe

Omicron closes borders across the globe

Danny Kemp with AFP bureaus, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 29 08:24 AM

A new, heavily mutated COVID-19 variant spread across the globe on Sunday, shutting borders and renewing curbs. Read more »

PH, other Asian markets fall amid new COVID-19 variant scare

PH, other Asian markets fall amid new COVID-19 variant scare

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 03:55 AM

Asian markets fall across the board as a new COVID-19 variant spooks investors. Read more »

DOH: COVID-19 mutations in Central Visayas to be classified under P3 variant

DOH: COVID-19 mutations in Central Visayas to be classified under P3 variant

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 16 12:01 AM

The Philippine health department said new COVID-19 variants account for only seven percent of the country's coronavirus infections. Read more »

India to test travelers from Brazil, S. Africa, UK after detecting new virus strains

India to test travelers from Brazil, S. Africa, UK after detecting new virus strains

Reuters
Posted at Feb 18 02:43 PM

India will make COVID-19 molecular tests mandatory for people arriving directly or indirectly from the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil in a bid to contain the spread of more infectious virus variants found in those countries. Read more »

DOH traces contacts of MRT cluster-linked UK variant case

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

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

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 »

Philippines logs first death among UK COVID-19 variant cases

Philippines logs first death among UK COVID-19 variant cases

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 12:41 PM

The Philippines has recorded its first fatality due to the more transmissible COVID-19 variant, the health department said Monday.   Read more »

Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine remained active vs S. Africa variant, effect reduced - study

Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine remained active vs S. Africa variant, effect reduced - study

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 01:26 PM

The paper was written by researchers from Sinopharm-affiliated Beijing Institute of Biological Products, the Institute of Microbiology of Chinese Academy of Sciences, which is co-developing a candidate with Zhifei unit, and two other Chinese agencies.   Read more »

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

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 »

DOH: New set of genome-sequencing results negative for new COVID-19 variant

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

‘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 »

Pfizer-BioNTech say COVID-19 vaccine works against UK, S. Africa variants

Pfizer-BioNTech say COVID-19 vaccine works against UK, S. Africa variants

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 28 04:33 PM

Pfizer and BioNTech, makers of a COVID-19 vaccine, said on Thursday that their product is effective against coronavirus variants that have emerged in Britain and South Africa. Read more »

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

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 »

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

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 »

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

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 »

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