MANILA, Philippines — Fifty-seven close contacts of a man who traveled home from the United Kingdom to Bontoc, Mountain Province have tested positive for Covid-19, including the 12 individuals infected with the more contagious variant, the Department of Health (DOH) said Friday.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the DOH has reconciled its data with those from the Cordillera Administrative Region, which resulted in “deduplication” in the list of close contacts of the traveler from the UK.
In total, there were 369 “unique individuals” identified as contacts of the said traveler, according to Vergeire. She said this includes 233 who have alrea…
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