President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. conferred the Order of National Scientists (ONS) and the Presidential Medal of Merit to two officials for their contribution to the country in terms of healthcare and international trade. President Marcos confers the Order of National Scientist upon...
ILOILO CITY – This city has been tapped for the Filipino Genomes Research Program (FGRP) which will study deeper Filipino anthropology, forensics, and evolution. The Philippine Genome Center Visayas (PGC Visayas) under the University of the Philippines Visayas (UP Visayas) in Iloilo recently...
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN The Department of Health (DOH) reported the country's first cases of Covid-19 omicron subvariants XBB.1.5 and CH.1.1. Three cases of CH.1.1 and one case of XBB.1.5 were found, based on the latest result of genome sequencing conducted by the Philippine Genome...
DOH The country saw 251 more cases of Covid-19, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Thursday, Jan. 19. In its daily update, the DOH said 10,863 Covid-19 patients are still receiving treatment or undergoing quarantine. The regions with the most cases in the recent 14 days were the National...
DOH Another 368 more cases of Covid-19 were confirmed, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Saturday, Jan. 14. The number of active cases nationwide rose to 12,473, as shown in the DOH Covid-19 tracker. In the past two weeks, Metro Manila registered the highest number of cases with 1,860. It...
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN The swab samples of eight Filipino travelers from China who tested positive for Covid-19 will be subjected to whole genome sequencing in order to check what variant of Covid-19 virus they have contracted. "All of the samples were already sent for sequencing...
In the past month alone, Omicron subvariant BA.5 has been the "most predominant" sample sequenced by the Philippine Genome Center (PGC), it said on Monday, Aug. 8. Omicron variant of COVID-19 (MB FILE PHOTO) During the Laging Handa public briefing, PGC Executive Director Dr. Cynthia P. Saloma...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday, July 5, that 43 BA.5 cases, 20 BA.2.12.1 cases, and seven BA.4 cases were detected in the latest whole genome sequencing run. Omicron variant of COVID-19 (MB FILE PHOTO) In a statement together with the University of the Philippines - Philippine...
COVID-19 virus2 The recombinant variants of coronavirus are not yet present in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) said. The DOH is currently monitoring the developments about the new recombinant variants called XE, XF, and XD. “Wala pa tayong nadedetect nitong mga sinasabing...
The Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, March 15 that the University of the Philippines (UP), through its Philippine Genome Center (PGC) in UP Visayas and in UP Mindanao, announced that it is now capable of sequencing the genome of SARS-CoV-2 from community samples in both island groups....
Health experts say that the Omicron variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is “probably not” the end of the pandemic as the virus is expected to “continuously mutate and evolve.” Executive Director of the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) Dr. Cynthia Saloma, in an international webinar held...
The Philippine Genome Center (PGC) said on Thursday, Jan. 27 that BA.2 or "stealth Omicron" is the dominant sublineage that has caused community transmissions of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. (Photo from the Philippine Genome Center website / MANILA BULLETIN) In Laging Hand...
