In a statement, the DOH and PGC said that following strengthened biosurveillance and border control efforts, the B-117 SARSCoV-2 or the UK variant was detected in the Philippines after samples from a Filipino who arrived from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Jan. 7 “yielded positive genome sequencing results.”
The patient is a male resident of Quezon City who departed for Dubai on Dec. 27, 2020 for business purposes. He returned to the Philippines on Jan. 7 via Emirates Flight EK 332.
He was swabbed and quarantined in a hotel upon arrival.
“The positive test result was released the following day and the patient was referred to a quarantine facility in Quezon City while his samples were sent to PGC for whole-genome sequencing,” the DOH and PGC said.
The patient was accompanied by his female partner during his trip.
However, the woman tested negative for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, upon arrival.
The woman is currently under strict quarantine and monitoring.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة January 14, 2021 من The Philippine Star.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة January 14, 2021 من The Philippine Star.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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