3 cases of South Africa variant recorded in Parañaque

Parañaque City on Tuesday recorded three cases of the more transmissible South Africa variant of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to a report on "State of the Nation."

According to the local government, the three cases are returning overseas Filipino workers (OFW) who live in Barangay Baclaran, Barangay Sun Valley and Barangay Don Bosco.

Two of the cases are seafarers while one is an OFW from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The cases are already undergoing quarantine.

Meanwhile, authorities have started contact tracing and testing of their 400 close contacts.

Authorities have also intensified restrictions on roads going to barangays with reported cases of the South Africa variant.

The city has 394 active COVID-19 cases.

Meanwhile, the Philippines has reported 600,428 confirmed cases with 546,078 recoveries and 12,528 fatalities.—Joahna Lei Casilao/LDF, GMA News