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...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced Thursday, Aug. 26, that a new core facility at the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) is expected to be inaugurated next month. (PGC Facebook page) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said the public can expect the inauguration of...
There is already a community transmission of the Delta variant of the coronavirus in the country, the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) said Saturday, August 21. MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO “Ako professionally, and we at the Philippine Genome Center, while we do our analysis and we try to link the...
Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) flock at the Matina Town Square in Davao City during the vaccination rollout for OFWs. (Keith Bacongco / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Genome Center (PGC) has stressed that the vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) work against the Lambda and the Delta...
(DOH / PGC) The highly transmissible Delta variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has already overtaken the other strains that have been detected in the country, Philippine Genome Center (PGC) Executive Director Dr. Cynthia Saloma said on Monday, August 16. "Dati marami tayong Beta at tsaka...
