No Mu variant detected in Philippines so far — genome center

This undated handout image obtained March 28, 2021, courtesy of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases(NIH/NIAID), shows a colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (green) heavily infected with Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (purple), isolated from a patient sample, at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Handout / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases / AFP

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has not yet detected the presence of the new coronavirus variant known as “Mu,” the country’s genome center said on Friday.

“We went back to our database, we have sequenced more than 12,000 [samples]…We have not yet detected Mu variant in the Philippines,” Philippine Genome Center Executive Director Cynthia Saloma said in a briefing.

“But we are always on standby and we are continuing our monitoring of the entry of these variants in our borders,” Saloma added.

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