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4 Delta virus patients in Cagayan de Oro traced to birthday party: mayor

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Updated as of Jul 26 09:20 AM

Four out of 5 Delta COVID-19 cases in Cagayan de Oro were traced to a birthday party, Mayor Oscar Moreno said Monday. Read more »

Valenzuela City ramps up contact tracing, vaccination in preparation for Delta variant spread

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Updated as of Jul 23 12:03 PM

MANILA - The local government of Valenzuela City is ramping up its contact tracing efforts as well as it vaccination especially for senior citizens in preparation for a possible surge in COVID-19 cases due to the more contagious Delta variant. Read more »

QC gov't nagbabala sa mga establisimyentong di sumusunod sa contact tracing

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Updated as of Jul 22 07:55 PM

Nagbabala ang lokal na pamahalaan ng Quezon City sa mga establisimyento matapos matuklasang may ilang hindi nagpapatupad ng contact tracing.   Read more »

PH says 3 crew members of COVID-hit vessel disembarked before getting test results

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Updated as of Jul 21 11:57 AM

Three more personnel of a vessel that sailed from Indonesia and who tested positive for COVID-19 had disembarked in Butuan prior to getting their COVID-19 test results, an official said Wednesday. Read more »

DILG backs Bayanihan 3 to hire more COVID-19 contact tracers

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Posted at Jul 20 01:31 PM

The Department of the Interior and Local Government supports the Bayanihan to Arise As One bill (Bayanihan 3) to hire more contact-tracers who could help the Philippines arrest the spread of the highly transmissible Delta COVID-19 variant, an official said on Tuesday.    Read more »

DOH ramps up tracing efforts for close contacts of Delta variant cases

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Posted at Jul 19 10:18 PM

Tracing efforts are intensified for the close contacts of the Delta variant cases in the country. Read more »

OCTA group calls more contact-tracers as Philippines seeks to keep out Delta COVID-19 variant

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Posted at Jun 24 08:51 PM

Research group OCTA on Thursday urged the government to hire more contact-tracers as the Philippines seeks to prevent community transmission of the more contagious Delta COVID-19 variant.  Read more »

Sinovac, Pfizer lead preferred list of COVID-19 vaccines: SWS

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 25 03:28 PM

Sinovac and Pfizer-BioNTech led the list of preferred COVID-19 vaccines while majority of Filipinos overall prefer the US as their source of jabs, according to an independent Social Weather Stations survey released Monday. Read more »

4 Gubat sa Ciudad guests test positive for COVID-19

Arra Perez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 18 08:20 AM

Four guests of the Gubat sa Ciudad resort in Caloocan, which was recently shut down by the city government for violating pandemic protocols, tested positive for COVID-19, a local official said Monday. Read more »

Gov't traces less than a fourth of guests at Caloocan resort closed over quarantine breach

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Updated as of May 13 01:31 PM

The interior department said on Thursday authorities so far traced less than one-fourth of the quests who flocked to a resort in Caloocan City last week and violated the curb on mass gathering meant to prevent the spread of COVID-19.  Read more »

Gov’t to retrain 249,000 contact tracers, says czar Magalong

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Updated as of May 06 09:26 AM

The ideal contact tracing ratio is now 1:15 from 1:37, said contact-tracing czar Benjamin Magalong.   Read more »

DOH says no sufficient data to say new COVID-19 variants widespread in Philippines

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 05 04:57 PM

The presence in the Philippines of COVID-19 variants first detected in the United Kingdom and South Africa is not widespread, the Department of Health said Wednesday. Read more »

Philippines lowers COVID-19 contact-tracing standard

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Posted at May 04 05:07 PM

The Philippines is lowering its standard for COVID-19 contact-tracing to a more “reasonable” ratio, an official leading the strategy said on Tuesday.    Read more »

Palace says 'all systems go' for COVID-19 contact-tracing app; official says otherwise

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 03:54 PM

Malacañang on Tuesday said it's "all systems go" for a contact-tracing app that government hoped would improve the country's COVID-19 response, but an official contradicted this.  Read more »

Higit 5,700 contact tracers ipinakalat sa Metro Manila

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Posted at May 03 08:51 PM

Ipinakalat sa Metro Manila ang higit 5,000 contact tracers na maghahanap sa mga nakasalamuha ng mga COVID-19 positive. Read more »

Gov't to deploy 5,754 more contact tracers in Metro Manila in fight vs COVID-19

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Updated as of May 02 01:51 PM

Government agencies on Labor Day signed an agreement to deploy 5,754 additional contact tracers in Metro Manila following a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said on Sunday.   Read more »

Mga kaso ng COVID-19 sa Pilipinas pumalo sa higit 1 milyon

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Updated as of Apr 26 07:47 PM

Umabot sa 1,006,428 ang kabuuang bilang ng mga kumpirmadong kaso ng COVID-19 sa Pilipinas. Read more »

‘Safety Seal’ program for gov’t, businesses to require use of StaySafe contact tracing app

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 23 09:00 PM

Various government agencies on Friday signed a joint memorandum circular to implement a safety seal certification program for government and business establishments which will require the use of the StaySafe.ph digital contact tracing app. Read more »

Job opening: Higit 4,000 contact tracers kailangan sa Metro Manila

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Posted at Apr 19 08:47 AM

Hiring ang Department of Labor and Employment ng 4,754 karagdagang contact tracers para sa Metro Manila, ayon sa isang opisyal nitong Lunes.   Read more »

Ilang pasahero pinuna ang umano'y kawalan ng contact tracing sa mga jeep

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Posted at Apr 13 08:00 PM

Pinuna ng ilang pasahero ang umano'y kawalan ng contact tracing sa mga pampasaherong jeep.  Read more »