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Contacts of HK Pinay with new COVID-19 variant test positive, but no UK mutation

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 14 03:54 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Thursday said that the contacts of the Filipina domestic helper in Hong Kong did not have the new and more transmissible COVID-19 variant from the United Kingdom.   Read more »

DOH eyes travel ban vs United Arab Emirates after Pinoy infected with UK variant

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 14 11:34 AM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Thursday said it will be recommending the inclusion of the United Arab Emirates in the Philippines’ travel ban list.   Read more »

UK COVID-19 variant now in the Philippines, says DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 13 11:12 PM

MANILA (3rd UPDATE) — The new and more transmissible coronavirus variant first reported in the United Kingdom has been detected in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday evening. Read more »

DOH says HK resident with new COVID variant a ‘Filipina domestic helper’

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 12:53 PM

The Department of Health on Thursday confirmed that the traveler who tested positive for the new COVID-19 variant days after arriving in Hong Kong is a Filipino national.   Read more »

DOH recommends travel ban on 6 more countries with new COVID-19 variant

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 02:37 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Wednesday said that it had already recommended a travel ban for more countries that detected the new and more transmissible COVID-19 variant. Read more »

No new COVID variant detected in PH, gene sequencing shows — DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 06 12:11 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Wednesday said it has not detected the new and more transmissible COVID-19 variant in the Philippines based on results of genome sequencing. Read more »

IATF technical group to meet Monday on possible travel restrictions on add’l countries

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 04 02:13 PM

The Department of Health on Monday said the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on COVID-19 is looking into imposing travel restrictions on additional countries that recently detected the new COVID-19 variant.   Read more »