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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 29) The Department of Labor and Employment says there is no word yet on whether to ban Filipinos from working overseas despite the presence of a new COVID-19 variant in many countries. Wala namang ganong decision, except that most of these countries.
nag-declare ng lockdown yan, so
hindi din tayo makakapag-deploy diyan, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said at a briefing on Tuesday.
[Translation: There was no decision of that kind, except that most of these countries.declared a lockdown, so we can t deploy there.]
The new variant of the virus first detected in the UK has prompted travel restrictions worldwide.
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December 28, 2020
The government will strengthen the country’s capacity for “biogenomic surveillance” to diagnose viruses in the country, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said this Sunday.
At a press briefing, Duque said it was a needed measure after the discovery of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in the United Kingdom (UK).
Countries continue to increase the number of new COVID-19 variants that started in the UK.
Canada reported the most recent cases, with 2 new variants from couples in Ontario, with no travel history and exposure or high-risk contact.
At the same press briefing, experts explained that mutations in viruses, living organisms that change and adapt to the environment, are normal.
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