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Vergeire heads team of doctors assigned to study new COVID-19 variants

Department of Health Undersecretary and Spokesperson Ma. Rosario Vergeire (FILE PHOTO) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 6) Department of Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire has been named as head of a group of experts tasked to study new COVID-19 variants and suggest policies to the country s coronavirus task force. In a statement, Malacañang said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases on Tuesday created the Technical Working Group (TWG) on COVID-19 Variants upon the order of President Rodrigo Duterte. This Technical Working Group will monitor and identify the occurrence of new variants of COVID-19 in the country and will provide policy recommendations to the IATF on the appropriate response regarding these variants, the Office of the Presidential Spokesperson said.

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2% positivity rate of travelers from countries with travel restrictions

Deputy Chief Implementer Vivencio Dizon in a virtual Malacanang Press Briefing held January 5 QUEZON CITY, Jan. 6 (PIA) National Task Force against COVID-19 (NTF COVID-19) Deputy Chief Implementer Vivencio Dizon reported 74 positive cases or a 2% positivity rate from arriving passengers since restrictions were imposed over the new COVID-19 variant. In a virtual press briefing yesterday, Sec. Dizon confirmed 3,684 arrivals from December 22 to January 3, 2021, where 3,610 tested negative, while 74 tested positive, which equates to a two percent positivity rate. He said that the specimens from the 74 travelers are being examined at the Philippine Genome Center of University of the Philippines (UP) and at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) to detect the new variant of COVID-19 that considered to be more contagious.

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Govt keeps guard up against new COVID strain in PH entry points

Philippine News Agency photo of an airport terminal in the Philippines. QUEZON CITY, Dec. 31 (PIA) The government today assured the public that it is keeping its guard up against the entry of the new COVID-19 variant as it also guaranteed swift and efficient handling of returning overseas Filipinos. This, after the Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Wednesday, Dec. 30, began the implementation of entry restrictions approved by Malacañang against travelers from countries with the new variant of the dreaded coronavirus disease. The DOTr, through the Civil Aviation Board (CAB), issued an advisory restricting the entry of travelers, except Filipino citizens, from 20 countries based on a memorandum issued by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on Tuesday.

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Davao City intensifies monitoring in southern border

SunStar Image from Google Maps December 30, 2020 A HIGH-ranking Davao City health official said the city will intensify the monitoring of its borders, especially the southernmost part of the city, following reports of a discovery of a new strain of the Covid-19 in Sabah, East Malaysia. Davao City Covid-19 focal person Dr. Ashley Lopez told SunStar Davao in a phone interview on Wednesday, December 30, this is in response to the recent directive of the national government to intensify its Covid-19 monitoring and response following the discovery of a new Sars-CoV-2 variant, which was first discovered in United Kingdom (UK) and is now spreading to 19 countries.

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2020: A year OVP kept itself busy despite lack of funds, brickbats from Malacañang

2020: A year OVP kept itself busy despite lack of funds, brickbats from Malacañang
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