{"id":274256,"date":"2020-11-06T00:45:49","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T05:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=274256"},"modified":"2020-11-06T00:45:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T05:45:49","slug":"91-of-50k-contact-tracers-start-work-dilg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/11\/06\/91-of-50k-contact-tracers-start-work-dilg\/","title":{"rendered":"91% of 50K contact tracers start work: DILG"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: DILG Secretary Eduardo A\u00f1o. (PNA photo by Joey Razon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 More than 91 percent of the 50,000 contact tracers hired by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) started in their jobs.<\/p>\n

In a televised Cabinet meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday night, Interior Secretary Eduardo A\u00f1o reported that around 45,742 contact tracers have been deployed and started working while close to 4,000 are just waiting for the release of their appointment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIto ay malaking tulong sapagkat nabigyan din natin ng<\/em>\u00a0trabaho\u00a0ang ating mga<\/em>\u00a0kababayan,\u00a0lalo na po \u2018yung mga bumalik na<\/em>\u00a0OFW (overseas Filipino worker)\u00a0at saka \u2018yung mga nawalan ng trabaho<\/em>\u00a0(This is would be a big help because we were able to provide jobs to our fellow Filipinos, especially for returning OFWs and those who lost their jobs),\u201d A\u00f1o said.<\/p>\n

Under the guidelines drafted by the DILG, the contact tracers would be hired under a contract of service status and would get a salary of around PHP18,000-PHP19,000.<\/p>\n

Among their responsibilities are to interview, profile, and perform an initial public health risk assessment of Covid-19 cases and their identified close contacts; refer the close contacts to isolation facilities; conduct enhanced contact tracing in collaboration with other agencies and private sectors; conduct daily monitoring of close and general contacts for at least 14 days, and perform such other tasks in relation to the Covid-19 response.<\/p>\n

A\u00f1o earlier said the government needs to boost contact tracing to further contain the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, he also reported that 183 village chairpersons are now facing raps over anomalies in the distribution of the social amelioration program (SAP).<\/p>\n

\u201cSa<\/em>\u00a0781 complainants\u00a0ay mayroong<\/em>\u00a01,259 suspects.\u00a0At nakapag<\/em>-conduct\u00a0tayo ng<\/em>\u00a0363 investigations.\u00a0Ang<\/em>\u00a0266\u00a0po ay nasa piskal na, ang<\/em>\u00a029\u00a0ay nasa korte, at nai<\/em>-refer\u00a0naman natin po ang iba sa<\/em>\u00a0Ombudsman.\u00a0At<\/em>\u00a0183 barangay chairmen\u00a0po ang kinasuhan natin. Nakapaglabas ng<\/em>\u00a0suspension\u00a0naman ang<\/em>\u00a0Ombudsman\u00a0sa<\/em>\u00a089 barangay captains (From 781 complainants, we have 1,259 suspects. We have also conducted 363 investigations. 266 of them are with the fiscal’s office, 29 are now in court and some were referred to the Ombudsman. With that, we have filed complaints against 183 village chairpersons. The Ombudsman has also issued suspension orders against 89 barangay captains),\u201d A\u00f1o said.<\/p>\n

The cases filed are in violation of the Republic Act 3019 of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, RA 6713 Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards, and the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, among others while cases of robbery extortions and grave threats have been filed against some of the officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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