MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Friday 264 additional cases of the more transmissible COVID-19 Alpha variant first discovered in the United Kingdom and 299 cases of the Beta variant from South Africa, citing results of the latest genome sequencing run.
But the health department noted that only 20 cases of the Alpha variant and 21 cases of the Beta variant remain active.
Dr. Alethea De Guzman, OIC-Director of the DOH Epidemiology Bureau, said in an online media briefing that the latest genome sequencing run processed a total of 679 samples.
She said that a total of 8,557 samples have so far been sequenced in the country, of which 7,216 have …
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