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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The city health office (CHO) has announced Friday that all close contacts of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients with Omicron here have tested negative for the variant. During an online media presser, CHO medical officer Dr. Ted Yu Jr. said they recorded 17 first-generation close contacts of five Omicron variant cases who all work for one local construction company. "They are not positive for Omicron. They are (only) identified as the first generation close contacts for the positive cases of Omicron here," Yu said. The five positive cases were composed of one local case and four non-Cagayan de Oro residents who hailed from Laguna, Batangas, Paranaque, and Ilocos Norte. The CHO said the construction firm hired workers as far as Luzon to work here in the city. Yu said all of the close contacts were isolated, tested, and turned out to be positive for Covid-19 but not with the Omicron strain. However, all of them have since recovered and now negativ ....

Cagayan De Oro , Batangas City , Ilocos Norte , Metro Manila , Philippines General , City Of Paranaque , Oscar Moreno , Ted Yu Jr , Philippine Genome Center On , Mayor Oscar Moreno , Philippine Genome Center , Cagayan De Oro City The Health Office Cho Has Announced Friday That All Close Contacts Of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Covid 19 Patients With Omicron Here Have Tested Negative For Variant During An Online Media Presser , Ho Medical Officer Dr Ted Yu Jr Said They Recorded 17 First Generation Close Contacts Of Five Omicron Variant Cases Who All Work For One Local Construction Company Quot Are Not Positive Only Identified As The Here , Uot Yu Said The Five Positive Cases Were Composed Of One Local Case And Four Non Cagayan De Oro Residents Who Hailed From Laguna , Nd Ilocos Norte The Cho Said Construction Firm Hired Workers As Far Luzon To Work Here In City Yu All Of Close Contacts Were Isolated , Nd Turned Out To Be Positive For Covid 19 But Not With The Omicron Strain However , Ll Of Them Have Since Recovered And Now Negative For The Virus He Also Stressed That No Further Close Contacts Been Recorded As Five Omicron Positive Cases Were Immediately Isolated Quot We Already Don 39t Additional Closed Identified , Ecause When We Identified The Five Omicron Positive Cases , Hey Were Also Confined Immediately To The Isolation Facility Of Their Company , Uot He Said In Addition , Here Were Also No Close Contacts Recorded From Two Returning Overseas Filipinos Rfos Tagged In The City Who Tested Positive For Omicron Variant , S They Were Isolated In Metro Manila Before Going Back To The City Mayor Oscar Moreno , N The Other Hand , Ommended The Company Where Positive Cases Came From As Their Quick Response Helped To Prevent Surge Of Here Quot At Least Construction , Heir Employees Were Housed Very Good , Uot Moreno Said Yu Saida Health Protocol Is Now In Effect For All Workers At The Construction Firm Quot Before They Report To Their Regular Work ,