🔒 Closed Philippines detects South African coronavirus variant

JULIA MARI ORNEDO,GMA News

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The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday reported the detection of the coronavirus variant initially discovered in South Africa in six COVID-19 cases in the Philippines.
“The DOH, the UP-Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and the UP-National Institutes of Health report the detection of six B.1.351 variant (South Africa variant) cases, 30 additional B.1.1.7 variant (UK variant) cases, and two additional cases with mutations of interest among the 8th batch of 350 samples sequenced by the UP-PGC,” it said.
Of the six South African variant cases, three are local, two are returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs), while the location of one case is still being verified.
The three local South African variant cases are all Pasay City residents. Two cases (a 61-year-old female and a 39-year-old male) remain active while one case (a 40-year-old male) has recovered from COVID-19.
Their samples were collected between January 27 and February 13, the DOH said.
More samples from Pasay City were You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. last week after local health authorities saw a spike in COVID-19 transmission within households.
The two other South African variant cases, both ROFs, returned to the country from the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Their current status is still being verified by the DOH.
Pfizer said its COVID-19 vaccine You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. the United Kingdom and South African variants but some You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. that the South African variant makes vaccines less effective.
Evidence also suggests that the South African variant is more infectious as it You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
UK variant cases
Meanwhile, the DOH also reported 30 new UK variant cases, bringing total infections to 87.
Among these new cases, 20 are ROFs, three are local, and seven cases are still under verification.
The 20 ROFs returned to the Philippines from the Middle East, Singapore, and the United States between January 20 and February 16. Thirteen of these cases are asymptomatic and active while seven have recovered from COVID-19.
The three local UK variant cases are from Cordillera. One is currently admitted to a hospital, one has recovered, and one has died.
“The linkage of the three local cases to previously reported B.1.1.7 variant cases in the region is currently being investigated,” the DOH said.
Mutations of interest
Two more samples in Central Visayas were also found to have N501Y and E484K, two coronavirus You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
“The DOH also reports that upon further verification, two cases from Region 7 previously reported to have these mutations have been delisted, thus the total remains at 34 cases,” authorities said.
The DOH urged the public to continue observing health protocols against COVID-19 despite the You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. —KBK, GMA News

 

[JustDo08]

Kala ko nacovid na si alapag haha double ingat tayo nga paps mas deadly daw to African variant nato

 

[awinahe]

Just for your information guys:

wearing 2 masks (one surgical mask + one cloth mask or 2 surgical masks) has been proven by american and european scientists to be effective to protect from this strain of virus. Only one mask is not enough to protect from the South African or British variants.

The faceshield is proven to be useless and the so-called copper mask is not only inefficient but dangerous too...

 

[extraace23]

Sana ibalita na din nila ang mga new variant ng lagnat kung gusto nila na mas magpanic pa mga tao.

 

[alist1986]

Sana ibalita na din nila ang mga new variant ng lagnat kung gusto nila na mas magpanic pa mga tao.

Taun-taon, walang humpay yung paglaganap ng luma at bagong sakit ( o mga disease outbreaks sa tao, hayop at epekto nila sa bawat isa), kaya dapat ay binibigyan din yan ng pansin at pinaaalam sa atin. Pandemic preparedness lamang ang kailangan natin para harapin kung anuman ang dumating (malal man o hindi) at yung aksyon ng mga gobyerno para mahanapan ng solusyon.
Tama ka riyan, may bagong (swine) Influenza A H3N2 variant na sa US - another zoonotic disease. Sa dami ng variants nyan from H1N1 swine flu origins, nagkaroon na ng infection din yan sa tao, though di pa siya confirmed na maaring kumalat thru human-human contact sa ngayon. Pero wala namang dapat ikatakot dahil nagagamot siya ng ng antiviral treatment. Parehas din yan ng avian influenza A(H7N4, H5N8, H5N5) outbreaks sa hayop at tao sa Asia ngayon. Pero isolated cases pa lang sila at di lumalala.
Kahit nga yung "African Swine Fever" ay di pa rin mapigil yung paglaganap sa buong mundo kaya masakit pa rin sa bulsang kumain ng baboy sa ngayon he he.
Yang VOCs na African at UK variants ng COVID-19 ay nag-iintay lang ng panahon para ma-detect. Assumed na lilitaw yan sooner or later kahit saang sulok ng mundo, at may lalabas pang mga bago sa susunod na panahon, na sana ay di lumala ang pinsala sa mahahawa. Ganyan ang viruses, walang katapusan hanggat kumakalat. Kaya mag-intay na lang tayo ng new set of vaccines para sa kanila at pagtiyagaan muna yung kasalukuyang nagawa na. Common sense po. Nakakagawa lang ng mga epektibong vaccines ayon sa mga kilalang specimens at matagalang tests para maging ligtas gamitin. Kung maabutan tayo ng mga bagong variants bago pa dumating yung bakuna, natural na bababa ang effectiveness ng mga yan. Di na dapat magtaka pa dahil yan ang proseso sa paggamot sa kasalukuyan at mga bagong mga sakit mula sa viruses atbp. - COVID man o hindi.

 

[alist1986]

Totoo naman yung sinabi mo pre dahil sa aerosol/micron tests ay di naman mataas ang pursyento na magiging ligtas tayo na di mahawa simula pa noon using a single cloth mask or covering. The more, the better. Ang point lang naman nila ay mas mabuting nakasuot ng mask kaysa wala + social distancing. (Yung H95 grade mask (at pataas) lang ang may mataas na safety margin pero di naman lahat ng tao ay makakabili nyan para sa araw-araw na gamit. Bukod pa sa ibang mga panangga sa katawan na maaaring pagdaanan ng virus. )
Safety-wise, it's just a convenient measure that applies to all, with no gurantees. It's up to the person to find means to make himself/herself safe by other means as we are exposed to our surroundings. Di naman kaya ng mga gobyerno sa mundo na mag-supply ng high-grade masks + other protectuve equipment sa lahat ng tao, at may ready pang pamalit.

 

[stredaleve]

2 face mask + face shield kumusta ka? hindij required ang double face mask pero effective sabi mo na ayon sa american studies pero required ang face shield sa pilipinas kapag di ka nag face shield huli ka may multa na pahiya kapa

 

[awinahe]

i never said otherwise...