MANILA, Philippines — The Quezon City government on Sunday urged the Department of Health to review its case reporting system, as lack of information in the database hampers its contact tracing efforts on coronavirus disease patients. Mayor Joy Belmonte made this call after a COVID-19 patient posted on social media about the lack of contact tracing efforts from the city government on her and her family. “We again reiterate our call for the DOH to review their COVID KAYA system because this is where we get our information for our contact tracing efforts. COVID KAYA is a case and contact tracing reporting system provided by the DOH for epidemiology and surveillance officers, health care providers and laboratory-based users. Meanwhile, Belmonte said the COVID KAYA system also tagged some 8,000 individuals as Quezon City residents but provided no other information that could help contact tracers confirm their existence or whereabouts.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 23, 2020 09:11 UTC