‘New COVID-19 strain detected in PH not alarming’, says DOST
The government is committed to sustain the strict enforcement of minimum health standards to contain the coronavirus outbreak after local researchers detected a mutated strain of the coronavirus in the country, a Palace official said Monday.
So far, Nograles said there is no definitive study showing the G614 mutated strain was more transmissible than the original D614 strain of the virus. The Philippine Genome Center recently reported that it has detected the G614 strain in random samples collected in Quezon City. As an infectious disease expert, he added that “it is not surprising” and that they will be verifying the information with the PGC.
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