Manila Bulletin
DOH detects more cases of South African, UK variants of COVID-19
The Philippines has identified 52 new cases of the South Africa COVID-19 variant and 31 new cases of the UK variant.
These new cases were discovered during the ninth batch of genome sequencing conducted by the Philippine Genome Center.
The total number of confirmed cases for the South Africa variant has now reached 58, while the UK variant cases total 118.
Additionally, 42 new cases with mutations of potential clinical significance were detected, bringing the total of such cases to 85.
A significant portion of the newly reported South Africa and UK variant cases, as well as those with mutations of concern, are from Metro Manila.
Most of the new South Africa variant cases from Metro Manila are active infections.
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