{"id":263422,"date":"2020-07-29T21:52:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T01:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=263422"},"modified":"2020-07-29T21:52:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T01:52:58","slug":"pasig-city-trains-200-more-contact-tracers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/29\/pasig-city-trains-200-more-contact-tracers\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasig City trains 200 more contact tracers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v7.0\" nonce=\"SQOlrzbN\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VicoSotto\/posts\/3270860522972603?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARD_kmjVWWqqvwmA-5D8sbL4MvqCKkBZpWl8HmA3vPYNJser9gILmiiGHLszfxF55oTIhhtZZA0-pAhFAtzkTbSOcMxK3n_zKlpK7CuF0wUy2Sz6fExUB6llF-V9EIK8nyPdu01676EKYINcnw1Y3Ky2G4jbC4Y9kZdc6iiWuNZsu1E0FF9WjF2lokub1r641fpvWUDI4qQi7an-XoB4vb_15upR3XZsuZMIGw40ZWhRbP66BqRlcOb-xpg-2J5ieDLIToFLMJCHPK16y9spyKF69XDwg3Uq1SGRdgYt5-qhkLeiosvuojzjx70OKLPGHPN6QIbl7Uu-s8WErvSk2DngMw&amp;__tn__=-R\" data-width=\"750\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VicoSotto\/posts\/3270860522972603\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Training of over 200 NEW CONTACT TRACERS today.Kailangang kailangan natin ang karagdagang contact tracers na to. Nung&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VicoSotto\/\">Vico Sotto<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VicoSotto\/posts\/3270860522972603\">Tuesday, July 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Over 200 new healthcare workers on Tuesday started their training as contact tracers of Pasig City.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post, Mayor Vico Sotto said the city government is hiring more contact tracers to reinforce its current health workforce amid the spike in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases.<\/p>\n<p>Sotto recognized the efforts of the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit&#8217;s (CESU) staff on contact tracing during the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila.<\/p>\n<p>However, he said the contact tracers have been exhausted given that the Covid-19 cases in the city have increased following the implementation of less strict general community quarantine (GCQ).<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Nung<\/em>\u00a0ECQ\u00a0<em>kinakaya pa ng masisipag nating<\/em>\u00a0CESU staff,\u00a0<em>kaso ngayong medyo tumaas ang bilang ng mga kaso pagka<\/em>-GCQ, overworked\u00a0<em>na talaga sila<\/em>\u00a0(During the EQC, our CESU staff still able to manage the workload, but they are now overworked since the number of cases has slightly increased during GCQ),&#8221; Sotto said. &#8220;<em>Kaya kailangan nila ng tulong upang mapaganda ang responde at pagmonitor natin ng mga kaso<\/em>\u00a0(So we need to help them to improve our responses and monitoring of the Covid-19 cases).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sotto said the new contact tracers are supposed to be deployed to perform a comprehensive survey and collect data needed in various barangays in Pasig City.<\/p>\n<p>However, he said deployment has been temporarily postponed because of some health risks.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Pasig City government closed the wet market in Barangay Napico for a day, to clear the way for the targeted coronavirus testing of some 800 residents in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The residents underwent swab testing for Covid-19 at the Napico Multi-purpose Hall on Wednesday, he said, noting that walk-ins are not accepted.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNaka<\/em>\u00a0high-alert\u00a0<em>ang<\/em>\u00a0peace and order officers\u00a0<em>natin para bantayan ang mga dadaanan ng mga ite<\/em>-test (Our peace and order officers are on high alert to guard the areas where those to be tested will pass),\u201d Sotto said.<\/p>\n<p>Sotto urged the public to pray for a good result so that localized EQC in some areas in Pasig will be lifted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Training of over 200 NEW CONTACT TRACERS today.Kailangang kailangan natin ang karagdagang contact tracers na to. 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