Cotabato OFW exposed to UK variant tests negative

An overseas Filipino worker (OFW) from Cotabato City who was potentially exposed to the first Filipino with the B.1.1.7 SARS-CoV-2 (UK) variant tested negative on January 26.

The OFW, a 29-year-old woman returning from Kuwait via UAE Flight EK 332 on January 7, initially had inconclusive results and was re-swabbed at the request of DOH Manila.

She remains asymptomatic and continues her 14-day quarantine in Cotabato City with close family members also isolated.

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