Philippine authorities are currently keeping guard for the spread of the Delta variant, the B.1.617.2, as experts tagged the strain behind the overwhelming infections in India and Indonesia, stretching the countries' health care capacity.
MANILA - All of the Philippines' 8 active COVID-19 Delta variant carriers were not yet vaccinated from the respiratory disease prior from contracting it, the Department of Health said on Wednesday.
Philippine authorities are currently keeping guard against the spread of the Delta variant, the B.1.617.2, as experts tagged the strain behind the overwhelming infections in India and Indonesia, stretching the countries' health care capacity. This is why they had to remove repeat tests, but it is up to the local government unit to conduct antigen testing for further assessment.
Moreno, in a Facebook live video, implied that they could have done something if they were informed early on. The results took some 3 weeks because of the sampling process and the time frame of a local government's submission, as there were samples that were already outdated.
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