MANILA - The new mutation of the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19 appears to be more infectious, the Department of Health said Tuesday, as the country's cases of the respiratory disease neared 48,0
MANILA - The new mutation of the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19 appears to be more infectious, the Department of Health said Tuesday, as the country's cases of the respiratory disease neared 48,000.
A public health expert earlier warned the public that the surge in coronavirus infections could be partly due to a mutation of COVID-19, which makes it at least 3 times more infectious. The health department urged the public to strictly observe minimum health standards such as wearing of face masks, physical distancing and proper hygiene.The additional cases pushed the nationwide total to 47,873, of which, 1,309 patients have succumbed to the disease while 12,386 have recovered.
"We don't have a connection to whether an individual does worse with this or not. It just seems that the virus replicates better and may be more transmissible, but this is still at the stage of trying to confirm that," he added.
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