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THE country said it has found 16 new cases of the more contagious variant of the coronavirus, mostly in the northern part of the country.

Three residents of a QC condo community share their living experience.

Declaring community transmission of UK variant still premature —RITM By TED CORDERO, GMA News Published January 23, 2021 12:58pm While 16 more cases of the  UK variant of coronavirus were detected in the Philippines, declaring there is already community transmission of the more transmissible variant in the country is still premature, the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine said Saturday. In a virtual press briefing, RITM director Dr. Celia Carlos said that investigation is still...

Published January 23, 2021, 2:40 PM Troy Rosario (Photo from FIBA) The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas is refusing to dwell on the lack of PBA players taking part in Gilas Pilipinas’ preparation for next month’s final window of the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers. Only six PBA players are taking part in the ongoing training bubble at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna, but SBP’s special assistant to the president Ryan Gregorio said he would rather discuss those who accepted the call t...

Will Navarro is foregoing his final year of eligibility with three-time defending UAAP champion Ateneo to join the PBA Draft.

An infectious disease expert eased concerns that the UK variant of the coronavirus was deadlier, emphasizing that data on the matter was still preliminary.

The coronavirus variant first discovered in the United Kingdom has been in the Philippines as early as Dec. 10, based on the latest data available.

The Philippines has now reported 16 new cases of the more transmissible variant of the coronavirus. The Health Ministry said on Friday that 12 of the 16 cases were recorded in Bontoc town, over 400km north of capital Manila. Two Covid-19 infections by the variant were found in La Trinidad town and Calamba town, an hours drive south of Manila. The latter is an indication that the variant has possibly spread to the southern part of the country as well. Both patients had not travelled abroad and h...

The more infectious variant of COVID-19 virus has been in the Philippines as early as December 2020 at a time when it was not still considered a new variant, according to the Department of Health (DOH).

The more infectious variant of COVID-19 virus has been in the Philippines as early as December 2020 at a time when it was not still considered a new variant, according to the Department of Health (DOH). At a virtual briefing on Saturday, DOH Epidemiology Bureau director Alethea de Guzman said that of the 16 new cases detected with the B.1.1.7 variant of the SARS-COV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, one sample was collected on December 10,...