Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III on Saturday said they are tracing the close contacts of the two Delta variant cases identified in the municipality. The Department of Health (DOH) announced Friday that Pateros has two cases of the highly contagious variant of the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that...
The government is willing to allocate additional funds to sustain the contact tracing program if needed to boost the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members...
The Philippine Medical Students' Association (PMSA) urged the national government to strengthen contact tracing amid the threat of the more transmissible coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Delta variant. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The country's current contact tracing ratio is at 1:6, far from the...
Senators on Wednesday, July 28, said local governments could just impose targeted lockdowns in areas with more coronavirus infections than placing anew the entire National Capital Region (NCR) under a stricter quarantine. Members of the Philippine National Police man a checkpoint in a barangay in...
Malacañang said that it will step up its contact tracing game to arrest the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) following reports of an increase in the number of cases in different areas in the country, particularly in the National Capital Region (NCR). Presidential spokesperson Harry...
The Philippine government was urged to intensify its contact tracing efforts for it will be a key in preventing the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. Molecular biologist-priest Rev. Fr. Nicanor Austriaco. (Photo from PTV) Molecular...
A public health expert appealed to the national government to focus on contact tracing, amid the threat of the more transmissible Delta variant. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Delta COVID-19 variant is reported to be around 40 to 60 percent more transmissible than the Alpha variant first...
Malacañang told local government units (LGUs) to continue integrating their digital contact tracing systems into the StaySafe application until the national pandemic task force comes up with a new resolution making its use optional. Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi at the launching of the...
Fully vaccinated individuals who are close contacts of probable or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) patients may not be required to undergo testing nor quarantine if they would be traced seven days after their last exposure. A resident of Parañaque City gets vaccinated against COVID-19 on May...
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization's European regional office have developed a tool to evaluate the public health effectiveness of contact tracing solutions, according to a statement on Monday. The tool, described as...
PasigPass, Pasig City's contact tracing application, as well as the contact tracing applications of three other cities, can now be used in the province of Taytay, Rizal, Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto announced on Friday. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto This after the contact tracing application of...
Passengers are now required to use the StaySafe.ph mobile application for contact tracing purposes inside all public utility vehicles (PUVs), the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said on Wednesday, June 23. Commuters in Philcoa, Quezon City are forced to wait in line...
