MANILA, March 2 (Reuters) - The Philippines has documented
six cases of the South African coronavirus variant, its health
ministry said on Tuesday, raising concern among its experts that
the current vaccines might be less effective.
Of the six South African variant cases, three were detected
locally and two from Filipinos returning from overseas. The
origin of the other case was still being verified, it said. The
Philippines kicked off its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on
Monday.