LEGAZPI CITY—The Department of Health (DOH) regional office on Monday (April 26) sought to allay fears that variants of SARS Cov2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, had been spreading in Bicol.
At a news briefing, Dr. Ferchito Avelino, DOH Bicol assistant director, said there are no cases involving other coronavirus variants in the region except for that of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who returned to Camarines Sur from virus epicenter Manila last January.
Reports that coronavirus variants were triggering the surge in new COVID-19 cases had alarmed Bicol residents.
Avelino said the case of the OFW returning to Camarines Sur, who had tested positive for the more contag…
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