Webinar #36 | “Are You Afraid of the COVID-19 Mutations and Variants?
The University of the Philippines
in partnership with
UP Manila NIH National Telehealth Center
and in cooperation with
UP Manila College of Public Health and
UP Philippine General Hospital
would like to invite you to join the Fight Against COVID-19!
Webinar #36 “Are You Afraid of the COVID-19 Mutations and Variants? A Public Health Perspective”
January 15, 2021 (Friday) 12nn
Presenters:
Dr. Marissa M. Alejandria
Director, Institute of Clinical Epidemiology
UP- National Institutes of Health
Professor, UP College of Medicine
President, Philippine Society for Microbiology
and Infectious Diseases
Dr. Evalyn A. Roxas
Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology
UP College of Public Health
President, Philippine Hospital Infection Control Society
Reactors:
Dr. Juan Javier F. Garchitorena
Doctor to the Barrio Frontliner
Dinagat Islands
Ms. Maria Fatima Garcia-Lorenzo
President, Philippine Alliance of
Patient Organizations
Opening Remarks:
Dr. Vicente Y. Belizario, Jr.
Dean, UP College of Public Health
University of the Philippines Manila
Centre Director, SEAMEO TROPMED Regional Centre for Public Health,
Hospital Administration, Environmental and Occupational Health
Closing Remarks:
Dr. Carmencita D. Padilla
Chancellor
University of the Philippines Manila
Webinar #36
January 15, 2021 “Are You Afraid of the COVID-19 Mutations and Variants?
A Public Health Perspective”
Special Topic
Just when everyone got excited about the availability of vaccines against COVID-19, a new variant strain of SARS-CoV-2 (B.1.1.7 lineage) has emerged in the United Kingdom with an unusually large number of mutations. The variant has since been detected in numerous countries around the world, leading to restrictions on travel from the UK, South Africa, and others. The variant seems to be more contagious, but there is no evidence to show it causes disease that is more severe. So many questions remain unanswered. Will the vaccines work against this new variant? Do we expect more mutations? What is the impact of these variants on public health measures?
Are you afraid of COVID-19 mutations and variations? In this webinar of STOP COVID DEATHS hosted by the University of the Philippines, one of the leading infectious disease experts in the country, Dr. Marissa M. Alejandria and public health expert Dr. Evalyn A. Roxas, share with us the latest on SARS-CoV-2 mutations and variants, what to expect, and what we should do. The webinar is co-hosted by the UP College of Public Health and will be opened by Dean Vicente Belizario, Jr.
