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AN infectious disease expert has warned that a new variant which contains the same mutation as the Delta Covid-19 variant may cause increased severity after a case was discovered in the Philippines.

The CH.1.1 variant, also named "Orthrus," was among the newly discovered variants reported in the country in the latest sequencing conducted by the Philippine Genome Center and the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine from January 30 to February 3.

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