50,000 more contact tracers to ramp up efforts vs COVID-19
Department of Interior and City Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año on Wednesday stated an additional 50,000 contact tracers will be employed in the coming days to beef up the 238,000 that were currently employed as the nation continues its fight versus the coronavirus illness-2019(COVID-19).
In an interview over GMA News, Año stated the 238,000 contact tracers are mostly volunteers and augmentation personnel from the Philippine National Cops (PNP), Bureau of Fire Security (BFP) and Army of the Philippines (AFP).
He added that they are usually released in areas where they are volunteers.
Año stated the 50,000 contact tracers who will be hired will be appointed in high-risk locations where their services are severely needed.
” Itong mga contact tracers natin na ito, madi-deploy natin ‘to all around the region kung saan sila kailangan (These contact tracers will be deployed in locations around the region where their services are required),”
Año stated.
Año noted the 20,000 contact tracers will be released in Luzon; 15,000 in the Visayas; and 15,000 in Mindanao.
” The contact tracers will be employed per province but they will be deployed throughout a specific region,” he added.
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2020-09-0911: 39: 33
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