LEGAZPI CITY—Health officials said the first Bicolano to test positive for the more contagious, but not deadlier UK variant of coronavirus has already recovered.
The carrier, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) from Camarines Sur province, had tested positive for the UK variant, becoming the first from the Bicol region to get the virus, the Department of Health regional office said on Friday (Feb. 26).
Dr. Ernie Vera, DOH regional director and vice chair of the Bicol Interagency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Disease (BIATF), said the UK variant case was considered as imported so there was no local transmission.
The patient has since recovered, Vera said.
In a statement on Friday,…
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