The Philippines has 17 patients with variant new coronavirus
China News Service, Manila, January 26 (Reporter Guan Xiangdong) On January 25, local time, the Philippine Ministry of Health informed that the country has confirmed 17 patients with the variant new coronavirus.
Philippine Deputy Health Minister Maria Rosario Virgil reported that 144 close contacts of 12 patients have been traced in Bontoc, Mountain Province, and their “new crown virus variants” have not been reported. A positive reaction, but 38 of them tested positive for the "new coronavirus".
Among them, 6 people are known to have negative genetic tests for the "new coronavirus variant", and the authorities are waiting for the genome sequencing results of the rest.
In the city of LaTrinidad in Benguet province, authorities traced 97 contacts of a variant patient.
At present, it has been confirmed that the patient’s father, mother, grandmother and a sister have tested positive for the “new coronavirus”. The authorities are waiting for their genome sequencing results to determine whether they are patients with a variant of the new coronavirus.
Data map: KULTURA, a national gift shop in the Makati business district in the CBD, the capital of Manila, Philippines. Salespersons wear masks and face masks to sell jewelry to customers.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Guan Xiangdong
As the new crown virus variant is more contagious, Virgil urges local government departments to strengthen the supervision of the quarantine agreement to ensure that those who should be quarantined complete the 14-day quarantine period.
According to data from the Philippine Ministry of Health, as of January 25, a total of 514,996 cases of new coronary pneumonia in the country have been confirmed, 10,292 have died, and 475,422 have recovered.
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