niman Posted January 22, 2021 Report Share Posted January 22, 2021 (edited) The sequence described below has not been released. It will be assigned a UNK number, which will be updated upon release. Philippines/PH-RITM-UNK133/2021 Quezon City The Philippines has detected its first case of a more contagious variant of the coronavirus first reported in Britain, the Health Ministry reported on Wednesday (Jan 13) night. The British variant – officially known at VUI-202012/01 or lineage B117 – was found in a 29-year-old real estate agent living Quezon City in the capital region who went to the United Arab Emirates for business from Dec 27 to Jan 7, the ministry said in a statement. He tested positive a day after arriving back to the Philippines from Dubai. His samples were taken for genome sequencing. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-reports-first-case-of-uk-variant-of-coronavirus Edited January 22, 2021 by niman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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