MANILA, Philippines — There could already be local transmission of the highly transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19 in the country after the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed 11 local cases of the said variant, the OCTA Research said Monday.
“Malamang may local transmission na ‘yan. Meron na ‘yan kasi may local cases na tayo na walang travel history,” Professor Guido David said over ABS-CBN’s Teleradyo.
(There could be local transmission already because there are local cases without travel history.)
The DOH earlier said that the first 19 cases of the Delta variant in the country were detected at the country’s borders.
On Friday, however, the health department annou…
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