The Department of Health (DOH) revealed that 22 out of the 25 UK coronavirus variant cases in the Philippines have already recovered.
Two more patients are still active cases while one patient had died, according to health spokesperson Maria Rosario Vergeire.
Last Friday, the DOH announced that there 8 new UK COVID-19 variant cases in the Philippines on Friday.
“Following the sustained biosurveillance efforts of the government, the Department of Health (DOH), the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC) and the UP-National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH) confirm the detection of eight (8) additional COVID-19 cases positive for the B.1.1.7 variant (UK variant). This brings the total B.1.1.7 variant cases in the country to 25,” the DOH said in a statement last week.
The DOH also said that no other variant of concern has been detected.
Three of the 8 additional cases are from Bontoc, Mountain Province. Two other cases were from La Trinidad, Benguet.
Also, the DOH added that one overseas Filipino worker from UAE also tested positive for the UK COVID-19 variant.
Another one was a 54-year-old male with a reported local address in Talisay, Cebu. Both returning Filipinos have already recovered.
The eighth additional case is a 35-year-old male from Liloan, Cebu whose sample was collected last January 17.
“The exposure and travel history of this case is also being verified,” the DOH said.
The first recorded case of the UK variant was recorded last January 7 from a 27-year-old male who arrived from Dubai from a business trip.
