COVID-19 virus The Department of Health (DOH) clarified on Tuesday, Jan. 11, that the Delta variant remains as the dominant coronavirus variant in the Philippines. “Sa ngayon po, ang Delta variant pa rin ang pinakamataas na mayroon lineage sa ating bansa (Delta remains as the lineage with the...
The Philippine Genome Center (PGC) stressed on Saturday, Dec. 11, urged laboratories in airports, ports of entry, and in various regions of the country to send additional samples for genome sequence given the imminent entry of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant Omicron. (Photo from the...
Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN The potentially more transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant has not been detected in the country yet, health authorities said on Saturday, Dec. 4. “So far, wala pa tayong na detect na Omicron sa 18,000 na nai-sequence natin (So far, we have not detected Omicron in the...
As part of its role to conduct genomic biosurveillance, the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) said that it will check samples from early November with the threat of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo from the Philippine Genome Center website / MANILA BULLETIN) "So far we...
The Department of Health (DOH) assured on Monday, Nov. 29 that the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) is capable of detecting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Omicron variant. (Photo from the Philippine Genome Center website / MANILA BULLETIN) In a media briefing, Dr. Althea de Guzman, medical...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and University of the Philippines (UP) will inaugurate next month a new analytical facility for proteomics research that will boost the genomic research capacities of the Philippine Genome Center (PGC). Department of Science and Technology The...
(UNSPLASH) Philippine Genome Center (PGC) Executive Director Dr. Cynthia Saloma on Friday, Sept. 3, advised the public not to be alarmed over the emergence of a number of coronavirus variants. "From the scientific perspective and epidemiology, importante itong mga variants na ito kasi nata-track...
PHILIPPINE GENOME CENTER WEBSITE Eighty-three percent of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) random samples sequenced and analyzed in August were found to be of the highly transmissible Delta variant, Philippine Genome Center (PGC) Executive Director Cynthia Saloma said on Friday, Sept. 3....
The newly detected Mu variant, first identified in Colombia, should not be a reason for alarm in the Philippines, the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) said Thursday, Sept. 2. (CSFP CIO / MB FILE PHOTO) In its weekly epidemiological update published on Aug. 31, the World Health Organization warned...
The Lambda coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant, first identified in Peru, is not a cause for alarm yet, the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) said Thursday, Sept. 2. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The World Health Organization (WHO) designates Lambda as a "variant of interest." "What concerning about the...
The highly transmissible Delta variant is overtaking other coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variants in the Philippines, the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) reported Thursday, Sept. 2. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "In the beginning of months of April to May the vast majority of sequence of SARS-CoV...
DOH/MB The government has already approved the P295.7 million budget for the expansion of operations of the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) in Visayas and Mindanao, the Department of Health (DOH) said. With this development, the DOH said that it is “now closer to strengthening the country’s...
