MANILA, Philippines — There were no new cases of the B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant or the UK variant found in 48 samples included in the fourth batch of genome sequencing, the Department of Health (DOH) said Saturday.
“Due to the global shortage of sequencing reagents for high throughput whole-genome sequencing, the Department of Health (DOH) reports that the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) was able to sequence only 48 samples for the fourth batch of sequencing, and none of which was positive for the B.1.1.7 variant,” the DOH said in a statement.
Of the 48 samples, the health department said 23 were from Metro Manila, 19 were from Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Que…
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