A total of 39 contact tracers (CTs) in Isabela were recently rehired and re-oriented on the latest Covid-19 health protocols issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Managing Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Friday, March 18....
Las Pinas City Vice Mayor April Aguilar urged doctors and other medical workers to be on alert amid the threat of COVID-19 Omicron variant. Aguilar told the City Health Office (CHO) to increase its contact tracing activity in case the Omicron variant enters the city. She also wanted the swab,...
The Las Pinas City government conducted an orientation for the city’s contact tracers to enhance their COVID-19 tracing network. Mayor Imelda Aguilar said the orientation was conducted to determine how to address concerns and suggestions of contact tracers for the city government to formulate...
The Paranaque City government conducted an orientation for 100 contact tracers on Nov. 8 as part of the city government's efforts to further curb the transmission of COVID-19 cases in the city. Mar Jimnez, Public Information Office head, said 50 contact tracers will be deployed to Districts 1 and...
Around 21,000 contact tracers lost their jobs in one week after their contracts were not renewed by the government, a task force official leading the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response bared Monday night, Oct. 25. File photos show contact tracers finding suspected COVID-19 cases in...
Mounting complaints on salary delays have been raised by contact tracers who were hired by the government to help identify and locate those who have close contacts with coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-infected persons. But Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) expressed high hopes that the P6.6 billion additional budget it is requesting for the hiring of 25,000 coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) contact tracers (CTs) would be approved in Congress. “Yes. We are very optimistic that it will be...
With budget constraints hampering the government’s contact tracing efforts, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said requested Congress for an additional P6.6 billion budget for the 2022 hiring of 25,000 coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) contact...
A Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) official said on Saturday, August 7, that the department may request for about P6.71 billion in the proposed Bayanihan 3 for the hiring of the additional 25,000 contact tracers as part of the government's coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)...
A double whammy of adverse audit observations received by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has elicited for the agency strong criticisms coming from a youth partylist organization in the House of Representatives. 2DFB8829-8307-438F-8979-726B0F01E16D_4_5005_c The Kabataan...
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 Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is tightening its belt in efforts to extend the tenure of its hired contact tracers amid the current threat posed by the highly-contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello...
