MANILA, Philippines — A total of 447 first to third-generation close contacts have been identified so far in the monitoring of the Covid-19 variant in Bontoc, Mountain Province and in La Trinidad, Benguet, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday.
Based on DOH data as of January 31, a total of 410 close contacts have been identified in the cluster of Covid-19 cases in Bontoc being monitored for possible detection of the new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.
The variant, known as B117, was first reported in the United Kingdom.
Bontoc cases
Of the 410 close contacts, 83 have t…
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