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Duterte to meet IATF to discuss measures vs Delta variant
President Rodrigo Duterte convened a special meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Saturday, July 24, to address the increasing number of COVID-19 cases attributed to the Delta variant.
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque confirmed that the President called members of the IATF for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to a meeting.
The Department of Health had previously confirmed the presence of local transmissions of the Delta variant.
The Delta variant is known to be highly transmissible, potentially infecting five to eight people in a single instance.
As of Thursday, July 22, the Philippines had documented a total of 47 cases of the Delta variant.
President Duterte was also considering the closure of the country's borders amid concerns about the rising coronavirus cases.
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