Four Covid-19 variants, including a local strain, now spreading in the Philippines

The Philippines is again tightening quarantine curbs after seeing a surge in infections, driven in part by the new variants. - AFP

MANILA, March 14 (The Straits Times/ANN): The Philippines now has all three variants of the coronavirus that have been fuelling record-breaking spikes in infections across the globe, and a Philippine variant that has the same lineage as the infectious Brazilian variant.

This comes as the country is seeing another surge in Covid-19 cases to levels not seen since the outbreak here peaked in the middle of last year.