ASEANews HEADLINES: COVID-19 & VARIANTS: MANILA Philippines — Philippines detects 11 local cases of Delta variant
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MANILA, Philippines — The country has 11 local cases of the more infectious Delta variant of COVID-19, the Department of Health (DOH) reported yesterday.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the 11 local cases were part of 16 new cases of Delta variant or B.1.617.2 sequenced in the country.
Vergeire said the remaining five cases are returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs), citing the latest whole genome sequencing report of the Philippine Genome Center (PGC).
“Eleven cases are classified as local cases. Six cases have been detected in Region 10 and are part of a large cluster of cases, with dates of onset between 23 to 28 June. All have been tagged as recovered,” she added.
On the other hand, one of the 16 ROF cases arrived in the Philippines from the United Kingdom last April 26 and has been tagged as recovered after undergoing the 14-day quarantine period.
Two of these cases arrived from Qatar on June 15 and tagged as recovered.
The DOH is still verifying the arrival and quarantine status of the two other ROF cases.
Data showed that of the 11 local cases, two were detected in Manila, one of which was tagged as fatality on June 28.
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