A senior citizen receives his first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), at a school that temporarily serves as a vaccination site, in Manila, Philippines, May 14, 2021. - Reuters
MANILA, May 15 (dpa): More cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in India have been found in the Philippines, which has extended a ban on travellers coming from countries with the strain, officials said on Saturday.
The Department of Health said 10 more patients were found to have the B.1.617 strain of Covid-19, bringing to 12 the total number of cases of the more contagious Indian variant in the country.
Nine of the patients were crew members of the cargo ship MV Athens Bridge, which docked in Manila last week to seek medical help for two crew who were in critical condition.