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Tag: PGC SARS-CoV-2 Bulletin

June 1, 2021June 1, 2021 Philippine Genome Center Featured, Health, News

SARS-CoV-2 lineage P.3 first detected in the Philippines labeled as ‘Theta’ by WHO

The recommendation is to use letters of the Greek Alphabet, i.e., Alpha, Beta, Gamma to label the variants. As such, Variant of Interest (VOI) P.3 which was first detected in the Philippines (Jan-21)1 is now labeled by WHO as Theta.

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