“Right now, we have local transmission where this individual or these cases with the variant have already infected their community, their family,” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire told news channel ANC on Tuesday.
The Philippine health ministry said the B.1.1.7 variant had spread among 12 people in Bontoc, a mountainous northern province, with 17 such cases in the country. Citing the British variant, Duterte said he had scrapped a plan to allow children ages 10 to 14 in low-risk areas to go outside the home starting Feb. 1.
“I am afraid because this new strain strikes the young children,” Duterte said late Monday. “They can glue their attention on TV the whole day.”
Wait! Wasn’t calling COVID as Chinese virus racist? So we can call Britain variant
Please call it what it is, its the ToryVariant
The British government discovered the mutated virus as early as September, but the UK did not lock down its cities until December. It was only a few days ago that Britain told the World Health Organization about the risk of a mutated virus.
OFFS! BRITAIN CORONAVIRUS VARIANT? 😂😂😂 HEY!! THE WHOLE **FUCKING GLOBE IS CORONA VIRUS!!**
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