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TORTUROUS WAIT An ambulance carrying a Covid-19 patient parks outside the Rosario Maclang General Hospital in Batasan, Quezon City on August 15, 2021 awaiting a vacant bed as Metro Manila grapples with a virus spike possibly brought by the more infectious Delta strain. PHOTO BY RUY L. MARTINEZ
TORTUROUS WAIT An ambulance carrying a Covid-19 patient parks outside the Rosario Maclang General Hospital in Batasan, Quezon City on August 15, 2021 awaiting a vacant bed as Metro Manila grapples with a virus spike possibly brought by the more infectious Delta strain. PHOTO BY RUY L. MARTINEZ


The Philippines has detected its first Covid-19 Lambda variant, the Department of Health (DoH) said on Sunday.

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