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No cases of Omicron in DavNor yet



DAVAO DEL NORTE, Jan. 12 (PIA) -- The Provincial Health Officer of Davao Del Norte Dr. Alfredo Lacerona said in an interview today that no cases of Omicron variant were recorded in the province yet. While the province has no medical equipment to identify the Omicron variant yet, Dr. Lacerona ensured that the Department of Health (DOH) - Davao Region always updates every area of new cases of these new variants of concerns in the region.

Davao Del Norte logged 94 active cases of COVID-19 virus as of January 11, 2022, according to Dr. Lacerona in a radio guesting with Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Davao Del Norte today (January 12) with no cases of Omicron variants yet.

He said that most active cases in the Province of Davao Del Norte recently are asymptomatic while others display only mild symptoms of the virus. Dr. Lacerona attributed this situation to the rising vaccination rate in the province.

Despite being vaccinated, he reminded the province's citizens to still follow the minimum health standards still because the vaccine will not spare them from contracting the virus. He further corrected the misconception that getting vaccinated automatically means not getting the virus.

He said that even if a person is vaccinated, there are still possibilities to get the virus. The vaccines will only protect us from getting severe complications of the virus leading to death, he added.

Meanwhile, he said that residents of Davao Del Norte traveling from abroad might take their mandatory quarantine at their homes for 14 days provided that they have no symptoms upon arrival.

Furthermore, residents with symptoms must be isolated in designated isolation facilities prepared by their local government units.

Dr. Lacerona expressed his gratitude to the frontline workers and the local chief executives in various LGUs for the fast implementation of vaccination drives in the province. LGUs took extra miles in conducting their vaccination drives by offering mobile vaccinations, providing incentives to vaccinated residents, and ensuring that information is widely disseminated among their constituents.  (PIA XI Davao del Norte/jmda/Ezri M. Coda, Jr.)



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