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BRITAIN. A row of ambulances are parked outside the Royal London Hospital in London on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. British officials are considering tougher coronavirus restrictions as the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients surpasses the first peak of the outbreak in the spring. (PA via AP)
+ December 30, 2020 TWENTY-SIX Filipino healthcare workers were among those who caught Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), as a second wave of infections swept across the United Kingdom (UK).
In her report to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Labor Attache to London Amy Reyes said the 26 new cases of infection among Filipinos were confirmed in just the last two days.
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In a report to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in London said the 26 new cases consisted of nurses and health care workers whose conditions were reported in the last two days.
Labor Attache Amy Reyes did not indicate in the report whether or not any of the Filipinos were infected with the new strain of novel coronavirus.
It will be recalled that it was England’s medical authorities that first confirmed the existence of the new COVID-19 variant that is said to be more contagious.
The number of new positive cases among Filipinos brought to 776 the total of medical frontliners infected with the dreaded disease.