Instead of conducting random sampling, the specimen of all incoming travelers who will test positive for COVID-19 will undergo genome sequencing to detect the possible presence of new COVID-19 variants.
CALOOCAN CITY, Jan. 14 (PIA) —The Quezon City government, in coordination with the Department of Health, is closely monitoring the case of a resident who tested positive for the Covid-19 United Kingdom variant (B.1.1.7). The patient was tested on January 7 upon arrival from Dubai and.
It is just coincidental that he happens to reside in Kamuning. It is not an indication that it s not in other parts of the country by now, Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte says.
The close contacts of the 30-year-old woman from Cagayan Valley who was found to have a new coronavirus variant in Hong Kong have also tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).