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The Department of the Interior and Local Government-Cordillera Administrative Region (DILG-CAR) urged the region’s punong barangays (PBs) and Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams (BHERT) teams to prepare the active contact details of their constituents to facilitate the government’s response during emergency cases.

Close to 50,000 Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams (BHERTs) will be feted with awards by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for their efficient coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response efforts.

If fighting COVID-19 is a sport like basketball or football, our best offense is our defense. Thus, we are asked to get vaccinated, to properly observe standard health protocols when outside, to stay at home as much as possible, and to stay fit and healthy. However, there are some stories that people still get infected no matter how careful and protective they are. So if our defensive strategy isn’t enough, what else can we do?

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) called on Saturday, Sept. 18 all local government units (LGUs) to employ at least one contact tracer per barangay “with population not exceeding 5,000’’ in a bid to enhance the case findings and contact tracing efforts with the pilot enforcement of the Alert Level System in Metro Manila.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Friday, June 4, that 94 percent of “probable” coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases are traced daily while 91 percent of these are isolated within 24 hours by the country’s contact tracing teams.

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