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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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...
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.
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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).
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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.
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In a media briefing, Dr. Althea de Guzman,...
President Duterte is supporting moves to accelerate the improvement of the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) and this has been discussed numerous times during the meetings of the Task Force against COVID-19, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez, Jr. said on Wednesday, August 4.
Galvez made the...
Senator Sonny Angara on Sunday, August 1 urged the government to ramp up biosurveillance and genome sequencing to control the spread of new coronavirus (COVID-19) variants, particularly the Delta variant, which has wreaked havoc in at least two countries.
With more cases of the Delta variant of...
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The Philippine Genome Center (PGC) said it needs at least P100 million to expand its genome sequencing capacity in Visayas and Mindanao.
“Itong ating prinopose ngayon ay para magkaroon ng sequencing sa ating ibang regions (What we are currently proposing is in order to have...
Health advocate Dr. Anthony Leachon called on Monday, July 19, for the conduct of more genomic sequencing on hotspots areas to determine those infected with the Delta variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
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Aside from genomic sequencing, the former government...
