COVID19 New Variant Cases Rise In Baguio

BAGUIO CITY (June 5, 2021) –  The number of Coronavirus disease (COVID19) new variant cases in the city rose to 38 with the detection of nine more B117 or UK variant and two B 1351 or South African variants in COVID-19 patients by the Philippine Genome Center this week.

Baguio City Health Officer Dr. Rowena Galpo, the age range of the patients is from two to 87 years old with 38 as average age.  She added that 24 were females and 14 were males.

Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong believes that the city’s UK variant cases now run to more than a hundred and South African to more than ten based on the surge experienced in the city in the past months.

Galpo said Magalong’s analysis may be true based on their findings that the rate of current afflictions in the city is faster than before.  The nine new cases belonged to clusters of cases identified in the past months.

Contact tracing and other preventive measures are currently being undertaken to break the transmission even as the public is reminded anew to continue observing health and safety measures.  “While the new variants are more contagious, the mode of transmission remains the same and thus, the best prevention remains to be the wearing of face mask and face shield, physical distancing, proper washing of hands, avoidance of crowd, close conversation and confined spaces and proper ventilation,” Galpo said.

Artemio A. Dumlao

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