BREAKING: DOH confirms that COVID-19 B.1.617 variant, which was first detected in India, is now in the Philippines. | via @_katrinadomingo

DOH Usec. Maria Rosario Vergeire on presence of COVID-19 India variant in the Philippines: Tayo po ay may 2 kaso na naitala. | via @_katrinadomingo

What mutations are in the B1617 variant? DOH's Dr. Thea De Guzman explains. | via @raphbosano

FULL STORY: DOH confirms 2 cases of India's #COVID19 variant in PH https://bit.ly/3ezAZcl 

DOH: Both cases infected with the Indian variant are male OFWs. One patient is a 37-yo male who came from Oman, while another male arrived from the UAE. | via @_katrinadomingo #COVID19

Dr. De Guzman: Dahil ang mga close contacts ay naisailalim sa quarantine, walang na-detect na close contacts. | via @raphbosano

DOH Dir. Althea De Guzman: 'Yung ating 2 kaso have been filed as recovered. They are currently asymptomatic. One patient is in Region 12, while another is in Bicol. | via @_katrinadomingo

Dr. De Guzman on testing close contacts of Indian variant carriers in PH: "Kinukumpleto natin ang datos pero yung mga passengers na kasama nila sa row ay nag-test negative na po. Inaalam din natin kung sila ay naka-kumpleto na ng 14-day quarantine." | via @_katrinadomingo

Vergeire clarifies the 2 Filipinos whose samples were detected to be positive for the B1617 variant did not have travel history to India. Both came from the Middle East. | via @_katrinadomingo

Among the 155 passengers who passed through India and arrived in the PH before travel restrictions, 5 tested positive for #COVID19. 1 of 5 was sequenced and positive for another variant; 1 is for sequencing; 3 are not eligible for sequencing due to high cycle threshold values.