CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The City Health Office (CHO) is currently investigating why the first coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patient with Omicron subvariant here was released without a certificate that he has been cleared of the virus. During Wednesday's online briefing, Dr. Teodoro Yu Jr., the CHO medical officer, said they are in contact with Bugo's Barangay Health Emergency Response Team (BHERT) to resolve some issues regarding the patient's discharge. The 38-year-old male seafarer was the first Omicron subvariant BA.5 detected in the entire Northern Mindanao region. Responding through a phone interview, Bugo BHERT leader Noli Yagao, who gave the certificate of quarantine to the Omicron patient, said he issued the certificate as proof of completing the seven-day home quarantine. Yagao said he has not received any report from the CHO confirming that the seafarer has been positive for Covid-19. "If he has a positive result, then Manila should report it to the city.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Health authorities here confirmed Tuesday the first case of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) Omicron subvariant BA.5 in the city. In an online press briefing, Dr. Teodoro Yu Jr., the City Health Office (CHO) medical officer, said the infected individual is a 38-year-old male seafarer from Barangay Bugo, who had traveled to Egypt and Manila. CHO personnel immediately started contract tracing after they received the report on June 17, Yu said. Dr. Ellenieta Gamolo, the Department of Health-Northern Mindanao (DOH-10) assistant director, said the case is also the first Omicron subvariant BA.5 detected in the region. According to the CHO case profile, the seafarer had been swabbed at the Supercare Medical Services in Makati City on March 19 where he was confirmed positive for Covid-19. The sample was forwarded to the Genome testing center and the result for Omicron subvariant BA.5 was released on June 13. The infected individual, including his two first-generati
MONITORING. Dr. Teodoro Yu Jr. (left), medical officer of the Cagayan de Oro City Health Office, and Mayor Oscar Moreno discuss the coronavirus disease 2019 situation in the city during a press briefing on Saturday (Jan. 8, 2022). The local government has noted that the average number of cases in the city has doubled for the last two weeks. (Screengrab via CDO City Information Office) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The patient who tested positive for the Omicron variant of the coronavirus diseases 2019 (Covid-19) has not yet arrived in the city despite being tagged living here. This was based on the follow-up investigation and tracing by the City Health Office (CHO), Dr. Teodoro Yu Jr., medical officer, said during a press briefing Saturday. "The mobile phone number she gave (in the registration) was her aunt's because she has no local sim card, and the address she gave was her aunt's who resides in the city," he said. According to data from the Department of Health (DOH), the
VIGILANT. A frontline worker of the local government inoculates a coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine recipient in Cagayan de Oro City in this undated photo. On Wednesday. (Jan. 5, 2021), a health official in Cagayan de Oro City reminded residents to continue practicing minimum health protocols despite the prevailing low incidence of Covid-12 cases in the area over the past two weeks. (Photo courtesy of City Information Office) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - A health official here has reminded anew the public not to be complacent amid the prevailing low rate of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the city. During an online briefer Wednesday, Dr. Teodoro Yu Jr., city health office (CHO) medical officer, said the city's critical care or health utilization rates remains well within its two-week Alert Level 2 status. "Our average daily attack rate is at 0.38 percent while our two-week growth rate is at a moderate level. So we ask the public not to be complacent and continually comply with minim
Inside one of Cagayan de Oro City's shopping malls. (File photo) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The local government here and the province of Misamis Oriental on Wednesday reminded the public anew to remain vigilant against the threat of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) during the holiday revelries. During a briefer, Dr. Teodoro Yu Jr., the city health medical officer, said amid the city's 14 active Covid-19 cases as of December 28, the public should not be complacent on the hazards of the virus. "We may sound like broken records for repeating this, but we will continue to remind everyone to avoid gathering in super spreader events," Yu said. He also said vaccination will continue, especially since the city has already inoculated 982,511 of its population. Meanwhile, the provincial government of Misamis Oriental on Tuesday said it was preparing in case Covid-19 cases increase following the holiday season. Governor Yevgeny Vicente Emano said in an interview that he has t