The Department of Health on Tuesday, March 2, said that the South African variant of COVID-19 has reached the Philippines as the country logged 6 cases of this virus type.
According to the DOH, 2 of the 6 cases are returning overseas Filipinos and 3 are local cases from Pasay City. The location of the remaining case is still being verified. Experts said that the South African variant called B1351 is more infectious than the original version of the virus and may have an impact on vaccine efficacy.
It remains unknown if the Sinovac vaccine – which has a low efficacy rate – can fight the South African variant.Meanwhile, the DOH also reported that PGC detected 30 new cases of the more infectious United Kingdom variant called B117, bringing total cases in the country to 87.
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