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.
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.
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.
The Department of Health (DOH) announced that the five close contacts of the 29-year-old Filipino male who tested positive for the new UK variant of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) have been quarantined and are scheduled to be tested.