MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday called on local government units (LGUs) to intensify their border control, the implementation of the Prevent-Detect-Isolate-Treat-Reintegrate (PDITR) strategy, and the...
MANILA, Philippines – The spread of highly transmissible variants of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) through homes contributes to the surge of infections in the country, the Philippine Genome Center said Tuesday....
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Genome Center has clarified reports that the P.1 COVID-19 variant first detected in Brazil has allegedly penetrated the Philippines. The report surfaced on Wednesday (March...
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) reports that the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) was only able to sequence 48 samples for the fourth batch of sequencing. This, the...
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) and the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) officially confirmed the detection of the B.1.1.7. SARS-CoV-2 variant (UK variant) in the country. This, after...
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) assured that the UK variant of the SARS-COV-2 virus has not yet been detected in the country. This is amid reports that...
Researchers from the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) has detected a new mutation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus called G614 in the Philippines. Based on their report published on August 13, the...
