MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed on Friday additional 19 cases of the more transmissible UK variant of the new coronavirus, which brings the total number of confirmed cases of the variant in the country to 44.
According to DOH, the additional cases were part of the sixth batch of 718 samples sequenced by the Philippine Genome Center on February 8.
The health agency said the sixth batch of samples were sourced from all regions in the country except the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, and were properly selected to ensure representation of each region and areas where spike in cases of Covid-19 have been reported.
The DOH also said th…
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