MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) wants to establish more facilities in other parts of the country that could facilitate genome sequencing needed to detect SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) and variants under investigation (VUIs).
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said this Friday after Dr. Rontgene Solante, head of the Adult Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine unit at the San Lazaro Hospital and member of the country’s Vaccine Expert Panel, pointed out that the number of COVID-19 samples being subjected to genome sequencing is “very low.”
Vergeire said the DOH originally plans to open up more facilities that could conduct genome sequen…
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