CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The city health office (CHO) here has urged the public anew to strictly adhere to minimum public health standards against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) despite the alert status in the city being downgraded to Level 1. In an online briefer on Wednesday, CHO medical officer Dr. Ted Yu Jr. made the call after he reported the fifth batch of Omicron variant cases in the city. The CHO data showed that the new batch of Omicron cases here is comprised of seven males and seven females, respectively, from the villages of Lumbia, Balulang, Carmen, and Canitoan with two each; and also one each from Barangays Macabalan, Iponan, Bonbon, Bulua, Bugo, and Patag. Two of the 14 cases have died, of which one was unvaccinated, Yu said. Yu clarified that the newly-confirmed Omicron cases were from different households. The CHO has coordinated with the respective Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams (BHERTS) of the concerned villages for an intensive monitoring against ac
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - City Mayor Oscar Moreno, in an online briefer Saturday, said he would rather continue requiring the public to show their coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination cards when entering shopping malls. The city's top official made the statement when asked if he was in favor of the pronouncement of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to allow people in areas under Alert Level 1 to enter malls even without Covid-19 vaccination cards. "To be very honest about it, I would still prefer to require the vaccination card because the vaccination is not just for themselves but also for their loved ones," Moreno said in the vernacular. In his previous statement, the mayor thought the implementation of the no vaccination card policy inside malls in areas under Alert Level 1 might affect the ongoing vaccination drive of the national government. Despite the city being placed under Alert Level 1, Moreno assured the public that the local gov
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The local government here will implement new vaccination strategies against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) to improve the immunization output in the city. "We are strategizing our vaccination efforts here in the city for us to address those missing numbers of our first dose target." Dr. Ted Yu Jr. the city health office (CHO) medical officer, said in an online briefer on Friday. Yu said the city government will start the house-to-house Covid-19 vaccination for senior citizens, as well as in bus terminals for other priority groups on March 7. Yu clarified that the house-to-house vaccination, through the city's Covid-19 mobile vaccination team, will cater to non-ambulatory senior citizens. Meanwhile, the vaccination in bus terminals, particularly in the Westbound Bus Terminal in Barangay Bulua, and the Agora Integrated Bus Terminal in Barangay Lapasan, will cater to individuals aged 12 years old and above with no comorbidities. Yu said the cit
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The City Health Office (CHO) announced that the National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) has lauded the city for its coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination output. In an online briefer Thursday, CHO medical officer Dr. Ted Yu Jr. said the NVOC, through Secretary Vivencio Dizon congratulated the city for being the only local government unit (LGU) in Northern Mindanao (Region 10) that achieved over 80 percent of its vaccination rate. "Earlier, the National Vaccination Operations Center in Manila, through Sec. Dizon congratulated us as we are the only one (LGU) in Region 10 that achieves over 80 percent (vaccination rate). Again, we would like to thank our vaccination team for that," Yu said. As of February 23, the CHO data showed the city tallied 531,789 fully vaccinated individuals, or 88.64 percent of the total target population of 599,929. Of the fully vaccinated, 97,696 individuals have received their booster shots and 24,567 individuals
PEDIA JAB. A healthcare worker prepares to inoculate a girl against the coronavirus disease 2019 during the launch of vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 years old in Cagayan de Oro City on Feb. 14, 2022. In a week, the city logged more than 5,000 inoculations under the youngest pedia category. (Photo courtesy of CDO CIO) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - In just a week since the vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 years old was rolled out, the city has inoculated a total of 5,248 for the first dose of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine. During Tuesday's online briefer, Dr. Ted Yu Jr., medical officer of the City Health Office (CHO) said the local government unit (LGU) achieved the figure since they started the pediatric vaccination here on February 14. On Monday alone, the Department of Health - Northern Mindanao's (DOH-10) Covid-19 vaccination team inoculated a total of 522 children. Despite the 5,000-mark on vaccinated children, Yu said the LGU local still needs to work d