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SunStar Contributed photo February 18, 2021 THE Tagum City Government in Davao del Norte is monitoring 24 cases of F2 and F3 exposure to the two Covid-19 UK variant cases reported over the weekend in Davao de Oro. Tagum City Health Office Chief Dr. Arnel Florendo said on Wednesday, February 17, during the Kapihan sa DavNor that based on the list, eight are categorized as F2 and the rest are at F3 level. Florendo said F2 refers to those who have exposure to F1, which means those who had direct exposure with a confirmed Covid-19 case, while F3 refers to those who had close contact ...

SunStar + February 17, 2021 DAVAO Region recorded its first three coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases infected with the B.1.1.7. variant, also known as the UK variant, of the Sars-CoV-2 on February 12, 2021. The new variant is known to be more transmissible. According to the Department of Health (DOH), the three cases are a 10-year-old male, a 54-year-old female, and a 33-year-old male. The Provincial Government of Davao de Oro confirmed on February 13 that two cases are from their province: the 33-year-old male is from Compostela and the 54-year-old female from New Bataan....

SunStar + February 17, 2021 THE Provincial Government of Davao de Oro has tested some 300 individuals after two coronavirus disease (Covid-19) patients from the province were infected with the B.1.1.7. variant of Sars-CoV-2. In a statement on Tuesday evening, February 16, the Provincial Government said it was able to efficiently trace the individuals because of the quick response of its Emergency Operations Center personnel in Compostela and New Bataan. "Aduna pa'y iswab sa mga musunod nga adlaw ug padayong gataas ang listahan sa mga giswab (More will be swabbed test in the comin...

Editorial: Faster info to fight Covid-19 disinformation

SunStar Photo by Davao de Oro + February 14, 2021 AFTER confirming that two of the three Covid-19 patients from Davao Region infected with the B.1.1.7. variant of the Sars-CoV-2 are from Davao de Oro, Governor Jayvee Tyron Uy said the province will remain under modified general community quarantine. "Wala pa mi plano to elevate our quarantine status but we are doing contact tracing (F1, F2, to F3) sa nag-positive sa UK variant and we plan to test them (swab test through reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) immediately," Uy said in a text message on Sunday, February 14...