1 Monday, 06 April 2020 05:00

City Health Office achieves breakthrough in contact-tracing and house to house surveys

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Epidemiologist from the City Health Office, Dr. Joselito Retuya, reports breakthroughs with regards to contact-tracing and house-to-house surveys for COVID-19 cases during the April 6 press conference at the Mayor’s Office. The contact-tracing, which is done via phone call, started with the PUIs admitted in NMMC. From here, a line…

1 Monday, 06 April 2020 04:59

City Health Office updates on Covid-19 cases and ongoing efforts

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April 6, 2020- In today’s press conference, Dr. Lorraine Nery, Officer-in Charge of the City Health Office (CHO) updates on the Covid-19 cases and the city’s ongoing efforts in combating the virus. According to Dr. Nery, from February 5 to April 5 there had been 1,337 cases of Persons Under…

1 Monday, 06 April 2020 03:22

COVID Story by Alfie Sale

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Dubbed as the Olympic in the field of student journalism, to participate in the National Schools Press Conference (NSPC) is probably one of the ultimate goals of anyone involved in the basic ed school paper. So when my student won in the regional competition and qualified to compete in the…

1 Monday, 06 April 2020 01:58

Elementary students in CdeO pen letters for front liners

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In order to spread hugs and positivity online, Grade 4 students from Indahag Elementary School wrote letters of encouragement for our front liners amidst COVID-19. This happened when public school teacher Sheena Yonson was looking for an alternative school activity that her pupils can participate in. She wanted them to…

1 Friday, 03 April 2020 14:10

Oca on ECQ in Oro: Concurrence from DILG and DOH needed

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Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno responded to a proposal of a doctor’s group for an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the city in a 3-page document dated April 3. In his letter, Moreno emphasized that while he agrees to the points raised by the medical experts, IATF guidelines…

1 Friday, 03 April 2020 14:08

COCPO: 80 people apprehended for violating curfew in CdeO

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P/Major Ivan Viñas, spokesperson of Cagayan de Oro City Police Office in a press briefing held at the Mayor's Office on Friday, April 3, updated that since the implementation of curfew hours in the city, a total of 80 people has already been apprehended. Viñas further said that most of…

1 Friday, 03 April 2020 14:06

61 COVID-19-related patients discharged in NMMC

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In a press briefing held Friday, April 4, Northern Mindanao Medical Center Director, Dr. Jose Chan shared that over the past two months, 61 patients admitted to the NMMC related to COVID-19 have already been discharged. Chan elaborated that out of the 61 patients, 6 of these were confirmed positive,…

1 Friday, 03 April 2020 14:04

City Health Office provides updates on COVID-19 in CdeO

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April 4, 2020- Dr. Lorraine Nery of the City Health Office gave an update on COVID-19 in Cagayan de Oro at a press conference held at the Mayor’s Office. As of Thursday, April 2, there are 39 Persons Under Monitoring (PUMs) and 30 are left to be monitored, while Persons…

1 Thursday, 02 April 2020 01:50

Day 17: CDO Covid-19 Press Briefing

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Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno stressed that results from conducted swab tests must first come from the Department of Health in Manila before it is cascaded to the regional offices. During his 17th press briefing, Moreno emphasized that the number of COVID-19 cases in the city do not…

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