Some travelers who came to the Philippines from China have tested positive for COVID-19 and are now undergoing isolation, the Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ) said Tuesday.
Some travelers who came to the Philippines from China have tested positive for COVID-19 and are now undergoing isolation, the Bureau of Quarantine said Tuesday.
Salvador did not give an exact number as to how many travelers from COVID-hit China tested positive for the virus upon arrival in the Philippines, but said there were only a few of them. Salvador said that samples from the COVID-positive travelers would be brought to the Philippine Genome Center to determine which variant they are carrying.
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