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Service delivery riders queue to get vaccinated with Covid-19 vaccine in a shopping mall's parking lot turned into a drive-thru vaccination site in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. - Reuters
MANILA, Aug. 15 (Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday confirmed the first case of the Lambda coronavirus variant in a 35-year-old female.
"The case was asymptomatic and recovered after undergoing the 10-day isolation period," the DOH said, adding it is conducting backtracing and case investigation.
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