In this handout photo released by the National Task Force Against COVID19, US Embassy in the Philippines Chargé d'Affaires John C. Law, second from right, and Sean Callahan from US AID, right, holds a U.S. flag as Philippine vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., center, and Health Secretary Francisco Duque II, second from left, hold the Philippine flag beside boxes containing Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccines as they arrive at Manila's International Airport, Philippines on Friday July 16, 2021. The first batch of vaccines consisting of 1,606,600 doses produced by American pharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and donated by the United States government through the COVAX facility have arrived in the country today. - AP
MANILA, July 17 (dpa): The Philippines’ Department of Health on Friday night (July 17) reported the first local cases of the more contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, including one patient who died.
Sixteen new cases of the Delta strain were detected in the country, including 11 classified as local cases, according to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire.
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