ADVERTISEMENT“This is really good news because we can now hire a maximum of 50,000 more contact tracers to meet the WHO recommended ratio of one contact tracer for every 800 people. They will supplement the 85,000 contact tracers we now have and allow us to double the number of contact tracers in LGUs with rising cases, especially in Metro Manila,” he added. The DILG earlier asked Congress to allocate P5 billion out of the P162 billion under the proposed Bayanihan 2 to bankroll the hiring and training of 50,000 contact tracers. Out of the P140 billion, P5 billion was allocated for hiring and training additional contact tracers. Interior Undersecretary and spokesman Jonathan Malaya, meanwhile, said the “successful” response for COVID-19 in Cebu City and Baguio was attributed to aggressive contact tracing.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 21, 2020 07:52 UTC