LAOAG CITY—At least six cases of more contagious variants of SARS Cov2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, had been detected in the province of Ilocos Norte, officials said on Monday (April 19).
Health authorities said those infected with the variants were from this capital city and the towns of Solsona, Currimao and Paoay.
It was not immediately known of the cases had already been listed by the Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday (April 18) among 652 variant cases.
A Solsona resident had contracted the B.1.1.7 variant, which was first detected in United Kingdom. Three patients in Laoag City and one in Currimao and Paoay towns had been infected with the B.1.351 strain …
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