Contacts of Ilocos Norte’s 1st UK coronavirus variant test negative
All 130 close contacts of the lone UK variant case of coronavirus in Ilocos Norte have already tested negative for the virus, Ilocos Norte health officials said.
40 of 44 UK coronavirus variant-positive Filipinos have recovered – DOH
The Department of Health (DOH) announced that 40 out of the 44 positive cases of the UK coronavirus variant have recovered from the disease.
PH’s first UK coronavirus variant death had comorbidity
Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire explained that the 84-year-old man from La Trinidad, Benguet who was the Philippines’ first fatality due to the new UK coronavirus variant had a comorbidity.
PH locates 16 more cases of UK Covid-19 variant
The two patients with the B117 variant were found in La Trinidad, Benguet and Calamba City, Laguna, with no known contact to any Covid-19 patient, and no travel history outside the country.
DOH still searching for 3 contacts of Filipino who got UK variant
The Department of Health (DOH) announced they found another close contact of the first Filipino who got infected by the UK variant of the coronavirus after traveling to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire on Thursday.
