DOH denies social media reports, says no COVID-19 variant in PH yet | Inquirer News

DOH denies social media reports, says no COVID-19 variant in PH yet

By: - Reporter / @KHallareINQ
/ 01:53 PM January 12, 2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) has denied reports on social media that the UK variant, or any new variant of COVID-19, is already in the Philippines.

“The Department of Health and the Philippine Genome Center (PGC), to date, have not detected any UK variant, or any new variant of SARS-COV-2  in any of the positive samples tested,” the DOH said in a statement on Tuesday.

SARS-COV-2 is a virus that causes COVID-19.

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“The DOH and PGC are closely working together in order to intensify on-going biosurveillance efforts,” the agency added.

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The health department also called on the public to “refrain from disseminating unverified information which only serves to create panic and confusion.”

Currently, the Philippines has imposed a travel ban on the United Kingdom and several other countries due to the coronavirus strain from the UK, known as B117, known to be more infectious than the original variant.

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Meanwhile, the country also imposed a travel ban on other countries such as Austria, where a South African variant of SARS-COV-2 was detected.

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