DAVAO CITY—The region is now in the infamous club of localities with the dreaded Delta, or Indian, variant, after the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed a case each in this city and Tagum City.
The Tagum City Information Office posted this information late Saturday in the Davao Region Covid-19 chat group quoting Health Officer Arnel Florendo as saying that the DOH disclosed this to him.
There was no other information relayed on the confirmation, Tagum City is 53 kilometers northeast of here.
Local radio station Dxdc-Radio Mindanao Network also posted on the Internet that Health Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega, sent a mobile phone message to the station confirming the Tagum City delta variant case and another one in Davao City.
Neither Florendo nor the regional DOH were available for information on Sunday. A city information officer in Tagum City said all inquiries would have to wait for Monday’s regular news briefing by the DOH. It said the DOH has not provided additional information or details about its disclosure of the first Delta variant case in the Davao Region.
The Tagum City information Office also posted on Saturday that the DOH information came in the aftermath of a recent disclosure that the city has also 12 confirmed Alpha, or UK, variant cases and 22 confirmed Beta, or South African, variant cases.