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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
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+ February 20, 2021 BLOOD samples taken from hogs in some barangays in Cagayan de Oro and Misamis Oriental have turned out negative for the African Swine Fever (ASF) virus, an official from the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Northern Mindanao said.
According to City Mayor Oscar Moreno, he received a text message from DA Regional Director Carlene Collado, stating that the samples from pigs in Barangays Dansolihon, Bayanga, Pagatpat and Lumbia in Cagayan de Oro; and Patag, Manticao, and Opol in Misamis Oriental have tested negative for the ASF virus.
Hogs in Lingating, Baungon in Bukidnon were also cleared for the virus.