Published on: Saturday, May 08, 2021
By: Philstar
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MANILA: The Covid-19 variant causing a surge in India has not yet been detected in the Philippines, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said .
“So far, we have not detected in the country the Indian (B.1.617) variant yet,” she said while noting that five travellers from India were found positive for Covid upon their arrival here.
Of the five, she added, only one remains isolated, while the others have already recovered.
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The Bureau of Quarantine recorded 149 passengers, including the five, with travel history from India from April 1 to 30. At least 137 have tested negative. The Department of Health is also in the process of forwarding the swab samples of the five to the Philippine Genome Center for genome sequencing.
A health worker inoculates a woman with China s Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine at a drive-thru vaccination site in Manila, Philippines on May 7, 2021. - AP
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): The government is ramping up measures to block the entry of the Indian variant of the coronavirus that is believed to be killing tens of thousands daily during the current surge in Covid-19 cases in the South Asian country, according to presidential spokesperson Harry Roque.
Under new guidelines issued by the government’s pandemic managers, all Filipino and foreign travellers arriving in the country starting on Friday (May 7) this week will be required to spend the first 10 days of a mandatory 14-day quarantine in a government accredited facility.
(DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña’s Facebook Page)
DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said both countries were eyeing to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to open the doors to limitless science, technology and innovation opportunities between Manila and Budapest.
He said the decision was arrived at following their “productive” virtual meeting with the Hungarian officials, led by Ambassador Titanilla Tóth on April 28.
“The discussion led to the exploration of collaboration in the following, but not limited, to these topics: aquaculture genetics and breeding; sustainable aquaculture; upstream applications of space technologies; spectrum monitoring; tropical aquaculture/fisheries visit of Hungarian scholars at the University of the Philippines in Visayas and foreign scholarship program,” de la Peña said during his weekly report on Friday, May 7.
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