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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - The coronavirus variant first detected in India has now been officially recorded in 53 territories, a World Health Organization (WHO) report showed Wednesday. Additionally, the WHO has received information from unofficial sources that the B.1.617 variant has been found...

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is implementing the extended travel ban up to the end of the.month for passengers coming from seven countries hit by the highly-contagious Indian coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant. BI Commissioner Jaime Morente (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) BI Commissioner Jaime...

Malacañang said on Tuesday the new quarantine classifications imposed on Metro Manila and four nearby provinces in the NCR Plus Bubble will be announced on May 14, the last day of the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). (Maria TAN / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) MECQ is the second strictest...

Malacañang on Tuesday, May 11, said it has yet to be determined whether there is community transmission of the Indian COVID-19 variant B.1.617 in the country to warrant the extension of the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) in the National Capital Region Plus (NCR Plus) bubble....

The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday, May 11, announced the presence of the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus in the country. DOH/MB DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the variant was detected in two returning overseas Filipinos through the conduct of genome sequencing. "Nais...