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The United Morning Post reported on January 13 that the Philippines confirmed on Wednesday that it had detected a variant novel coronavirus found in the United Kingdom.
The Philippine Department of Health and the Philippine Genome Center detected the variant virus in a Filipino citizen who returned from the United Arab Emirates on the 7th.
At present, the Philippines has imposed a travel ban on more than 30 countries and regions.
As of the 13th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Philippines exceeded 492,000, and the cumulative number of deaths was 9,699.
