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Hired contact tracers to start work Oct. 1
By John Clifford Lintao THE government has terminated the process of recruiting contact tracers. Not because the government is dropping the idea but because they’ve had enough. At the Laging Handa press briefing, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said that they are now going to review all applicants. Those who’d qualify would start legwork on the…
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Gov’t hires 238,000 contact tracers, still needs 50,000
By Fernan Angeles THE government has already recruited 238,000 contact tracers but Interior Secretary Eduardo Año hinted on hiring 50,000 more in the coming days to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Año cited the need for more contact tracers since most of the 238,000 existing contact tracers are deployed only in areas they prefer. “Sa ngayon,…
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Vigan requires contact-tracing logbook for trike drivers
By Mar T. Supnad VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – The local government unit has put in place a system seen helpful in contact tracing among local folks. Citing the passage of Ordinance No. 41, series of 2020, Mayor Juan Carlo Medina announced that all tricycle-for-hire operating in the city will have to maintain a logbook…
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Gov’t to convert EAMC into dedicated COVID-19 hospital
By John Clifford Lintao SOON enough, the East Avenue Medical Center in Quezon City would no longer be accepting patients unless they have tested positive for COVID-19. Chief implementer of the government’s COVID-19 response Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said that the government is eyeing to convert EAMC into a dedicated hospital for coronavirus-infected patients. “Sa…
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Cops to do contact tracing, says Palace
By Fernan Angeles WITH no more funds to defray the cost of hiring more personnel for the government’s Covid-19 response, cops are set to be deployed to do contact tracing to strengthen its effort to the public health crisis. In an early morning interview aired over CNN Philippines, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque and Philippine National…
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DOH tracing 37 individuals per one Covid-19 patient
By Fernan Angeles FOR the duration of two weeks that Metro Manila and adjoining regions are under modified enhanced community quarantine, the Department of Health (DOH) will trace 37 individuals who have been in contact with a COVID-19 patient. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire hinted on the improved contact-tracing effort as an effective strategy reflective…