MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday confirmed 18 new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) variant B.1.1.7 that originated from the United Kingdom, bringing the Philippines’ total tally to 62.
The DOH said that the latest cases were part of the seventh batch of 757 samples sequenced by the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC) last Feb. 18.
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