Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire maintained that there was yet no evidence pointing to community transmission of the variant.
The samples were taken from all regions in the country except the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
The cases in the Davao Region involve a 10-year-old boy, a 54-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man—all active cases with mild symptoms. “Case investigation and contact tracing have been initiated to verify reported information and trace possible sources of infection. The DOH shall release additional information once available,” the DOH said of the remaining six cases.Vergeire said “There is still no sufficient evidence to state that we have ongoing community transmission of this variant.”
Ong warned that the number of cases “could go up or down, depending on how we perform or how we implement the minimum health standards.” Industries could be reopened even with the entry of the UK variant, but this must be done “very, very carefully and very, very cautiously,” he said.
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