In a statement, the DOH and PGC said that following strengthened biosurveillance and border control efforts, the B-117 SARSCoV-2 or the UK variant was detected in the Philippines after samples from a Filipino who arrived from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Jan. 7 “yielded positive genome sequencing results.”
The patient is a male resident of Quezon City who departed for Dubai on Dec. 27, 2020 for business purposes. He returned to the Philippines on Jan. 7 via Emirates Flight EK 332.
He was swabbed and quarantined in a hotel upon arrival.
“The positive test result was released the following day and the patient was referred to a quarantine facility in Quezon City while his samples were sent to PGC for whole-genome sequencing,” the DOH and PGC said.
The patient was accompanied by his female partner during his trip.
However, the woman tested negative for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, upon arrival.
The woman is currently under strict quarantine and monitoring.
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