Labella says naming new COVID-19 variant “Central Visayas” variant is unfair

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CEBU CITY, Philippines -- Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella branded the naming of a newly identified variant of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) as the "Central Visayas variant" as

Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella: They should make more studies to find where this variant came from. To say that this is a Central Visayas variant is not accurate and not fair. | file photo

The mayor said the nomenclature makes it appear as if the variant originally developed in Central Visayas when there are no studies yet proving such. “I am sorry to say that it is not quite fair to call it Central Visayas. They should make more studies to find where this variant came from. To say that this is a Central Visayas variant is not accurate and not fair.”

The Department of Health in Central Visayas has received reports, including publication materials from the Presidential Communications Operations Office , referring to P.3 variant as Central Visayas Variant instead of Philippine variant.

 

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