ANOTHER passenger of the January 7 Emirates Dubai-Manila flight has tested positive for Sars-CoV-2 while three more close contacts of the Filipino who tested positive for the B.1.1.7 variant have yet to be located, Department of Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said on Thursday, January 21, 2021.
With another passenger having tested positive for the virus, the number of co-passengers and close contacts of the first variant case who have contracted Sars-CoV-2 has increased to 14. Aside from the index case’s partner, two other close contacts who tested positive are his mother and a health worker who assisted him.
DOH Epidemiology Bureau medical specialist Althea De Guzman said the latest passenger who tested positive for Sars-Cov-2 initially tested negative.
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