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Illustration of coronavirus / File Photo The Theta (P.3) variant of the virus that causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is no longer part of the list of “variants of interest” of the World Health Organization (WHO), an official of the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) said. PGC Director Dr. Eva...

FILE PHOTO The Beta variant is the most "common" variant among the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive samples that were subjected to genome sequencing, the Department of Health (DOH) said. “ na po ang pinaka karaniwan ngayon na nakikita sa biosurveillance, umaabot po ng 21.1 percent...

The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, June 21, reported the detection of four additional Delta (B.1.617.2) variant cases, 14 Alpha (B.1.1.7) variant cases, 21 Beta (B.1.351) variant cases, and one Theta (P.3) variant case. DOH/MB Citing the latest whole-genome sequencing report, the Health...

The P.3 variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) first found in the Philippines, has been named "Theta" by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) announced on Tuesday, June 1. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) On Monday, WHO announced that it will be using Greek...