CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The City Health Office (CHO) here has intensified the monitoring of the first-generation close contacts of the second batch of people infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease 2019. In an online briefer Thursday, CHO medical officer Dr. Ted Yu Jr. said they have identified 121 first-generation close contacts of the recently reported 32 Omicron cases in the city. Yu said none of the close contacts, as of the moment, are experiencing Acute Respiratory Illnesses (ARI) or Influenza-Like Illnesses (ILI). Mayor Oscar Moreno stressed the need for intensive monitoring of close contacts even if it has been more than a month since they got infected. "It's been a month already but nonetheless we should continue (the monitoring). The best thing of our contact tracing, validation, and assessment will actually serve as good reference material for the report to Philippine Genome Center when it comes to the variants," Moreno said. On Tuesday, the
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The city health office (CHO) here has labeled 54 positive cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) as "hard extraction" or those who preferred to isolate at home despite the local government's call to avail of the services in isolation facilities. In an online briefer Wednesday, CHO medical officer Dr. Ted Yu Jr. said the patients were already urged by the local government to get isolated in the Covid-19 designated isolation facility to ensure safety and prevent the possible localized transmission of the virus. "Hopefully, for those (considered as) "hard extraction" (positive cases who are hard to extract), we need your full cooperation for the sake of your family members and loved ones. It is very important for you to be transferred to our facility," he said. He said out of the number, 2,043 active cases are still at the city's temporary treatment facilities. In a recent briefing, Mayor Oscar Moreno said implementing
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Twenty-nine out of the 32 coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) Omicron variant cases here have recovered, the city health office (CHO) reported Tuesday. In an online briefer, Dr. Ted Yu Jr., CHO medical officer, said the remaining three also tested negative in their reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction tests but are still awaiting official release orders. He said of the 32 Omicron cases - 21 females and 11 males - 31 are local cases and one is a returning overseas Filipino (ROF). Yu said five of the cases are from Balulang village; three cases from the villages of Kauswagan, Nazareth, Iponan, and Cugman; and two cases each from the villages of Patag, Carmen, Macabalan, and Gusa. Also, the villages of San Simon, Puntod, Bulua Macasandig, Bugo, Lapasan and Indahag had one case each of the variant. The specimen samples of the cases were collected on January 7 for the ROF and on January 15-16 for the local cases. The local government received the results fro
Dr. Jerie Calingasan, head of the Provincial Health Office of Misamis Oriental(File photo) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The provincial government of Misamis Oriental has urged all provincial hospitals to ready the ambulances during the start of the five to 11 years old vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). During the weekly flag-raising Monday, Dr. Jerie Calingasan, provincial health officer and the provincial anti-Covid-19 task force chief, said this will provide a quick medical response for children who may experience severe side effects. The province has eight provincial hospitals that are located in the towns of Talisayan, Manticao, Magsaysay, Initao, Claveria, Balingasag, Alubijid and Gingoog City. All of the hospitals, Calingasan said, must also ensure that there is a pediatrician on duty to assist the vaccinated children. Calingasan also confirmed that the pediatric vaccination in Misamis Oriental on February 22 will be held at the provincial capitol, specifically at
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