Crates containing AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines are pictured onboard a KLM Royal Dutch airplane as it arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, March 4, 2021. - Reuters
MANILA, March 6 (Reuters): The Philippines has recorded 52 more cases of a highly contagious coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa, the health ministry said on Friday, presenting new challenges for a country battling one of Asia's worst outbreaks.
Out of the new cases of the variant, known as B.1.351, the health ministry said 41 were detected in Manila, while the origin of the others was still being verified. The Philippines first reported six cases of the variant on Tuesday.
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