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(FILE PHOTO) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 18) The Department of Health says more variants of COVID-19 have been detected in the country. A statement from the DOH on Sunday said there are 266 more cases of the B.1.1.7 variant, 351 cases of the B.1.351 variant and 25 additional cases of the P.3 variant. The B.1.1.7 variant was first discovered in the United Kingdom, while the B.1.351 variant was first detectedd in South Africa. The P.3 variant, meanwhile, was first found in the Philippines but is not a variant of concern. The DOH, the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and the University of the Philippines-National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH) reiterate that the P.3 variant is still NOT identified as a variant of concern (VOC) since current data is insufficient to determine whether the variant will have significant public health implications, the statement read.

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