MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) said the case of a Filipino domestic helper in Hong Kong who has been found to have a more infectious type of SARS-CoV-2 is considered closed since all of her close contacts in the Philippines have tested negative for the new variant.
In an online press briefing on Friday, DOH undersecretary and spokesperson Maria Rosario Vergeire said all close contacts of the domestic helper in Cagayan and Metro Manila tested positive for Covid-19 have yielded negative results for the UK variant after a genome sequencing.
“Lahat po ng ginenome sequence natin na close contacts ng Filipina domestic helper in Hong Kong, lahat po ay n…
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