MANILA, Philippines — It is possible for a person to be infected with two variants of the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the Department of Health (DOH) said Wednesday.
This comes after researchers in southern Brazil said they have discovered patients infected with two different variants of the virus at the same time.
“Weeks ago noong nag-uusap po ang [Inter-Agency] Task Force [for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases] on COVID-19 variants, ang ating mga eksperto ay nagsabi na rin na mayroon talagang probability o may posibilidad na magkaroon ng dalawang klaseng variant ang isang tao,” DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a press briefing.
(Weeks ago, when t…
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