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Philippines still looking for 3 contacts of Filipino who got UK variant
Seven passengers from Emirates Flight EK 332, which carried the first confirmed case of the UK COVID-19 variant in the Philippines, remain untraced.
Of the 214 identified contacts of the patient, three could not be located as of Thursday, January 21.
These contacts include two from the National Capital Region and one from Region 7.
Of the 159 passengers on the flight, six were still being sought as of Wednesday, January 20.
Thirteen individuals who came in contact with the index case have tested positive for COVID-19.
Samples from five close contacts have been sent to the Philippine Genome Center for sequencing, while new samples will be collected from eight co-passengers for the same procedure.
Among those who tested positive are the mother and girlfriend of the index case, and a healthcare worker.
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