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Pandemic surveillance: is tracing tech here to stay?

Umberto Bacchi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Mar 09 04:16 PM

The COVID-19 fight has turned technology into a weapon against the virus but experts now worry that tech will normalize mass surveillance. Read more »

DOH locates 5 more returning Filipinos from S. Africa, 2 yet to be traced

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 10 12:52 PM

Five more returning Filipinos from South Africa have been located, leaving only 2 more to be traced, the Department of Health said Friday. Read more »

Mga pasahero ng 2GO ferry kino-contact trace

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 07:59 PM

Nagsimula na ang contact tracing sa mga pasahero ng barko ng 2GO matapos magpositibo sa COVID-19 ang mga crew member. Read more »

Contact-tracing forms required for boarding

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 07:28 PM

Commuters sign contact tracing forms before boarding the MRT-3 at the Taft Avenue Station in Pasay on Tuesday. 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 »

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

ABS-CBN News
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 »

Contact tracing czar admits 'deteriorating' COVID-19 contact tracing nationwide

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 30 08:29 PM

Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong, the Philippines' COVID-19 contact-tracing czar, admitted Tuesday before lawmakers a “gradual decrease” in the past weeks in locating contacts of people who tested positive for the coronavirus.   Read more »

Magalong admits lapses in PH's COVID-19 contact tracing program

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 16 09:38 PM

MANILA - Rowena Limpin has been looking for a free mobile app and other online solutions that can help make the contact-tracing scheme in her niece's salon more efficient.   Read more »

DILG needs over P1 billion in funds for contact tracers as contracts only 'til June— official

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 11 01:20 PM

MANILA — The Department of Interior and Local Government said Thursday it might need more than P1 billion to extend the contracts of its contact tracers.   Read more »

Only 4 out of 17 Metro Manila LGUs compliant with COVID-19 contact tracing standards— DILG

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 10 03:06 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - Only four out of 17 Metro Manila cities have been compliant with contact tracing standards set by the government, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government said Wednesday, as Metro Manila experienced a rise in COVID-19 cases. Read more »

Contact tracing, surveillance system in Metro Manila insufficient— DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 17 03:48 PM

MANILA — There is still room for improvement in terms of contact tracing and surveillance of COVID-19 cases among local government units in Metro Manila, the Department of Health said Wednesday, as quarantine restrictions eased amid the continuing rise in infections. Read more »

PH not extending travel curbs in countries with new COVID-19 variants

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 30 12:01 AM

The Philippines will not extend beyond January the travel curbs imposed on countries with cases of the new COVID-19 variants.  Read more »

Magalong says resignation as contact tracing czar is 'irrevocable'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 11:59 PM

Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong resigned as the country’s contact tracing czar after he was criticized for attending a party in the city that allegedly violated health protocols. Read more »

Gov't close to 50,000 target in hiring contact tracers- DILG official

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 12:25 PM

The government said it is continuing to hire contact tracers as part of the country's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response, adding that it is close to reaching the target required by the Bayanihan 2 Act.  Read more »

Batangas to ramp up coronavirus testing as cases near 7,000

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 10:15 AM

MANILA - Batangas province will conduct aggressive testing for COVID-19, its health officer said Thursday, as virus infections in the province near 7,000. Read more »

Paigtingin ang contact tracing sa PUVs: commuters' group

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 08:08 PM

Hindi pa rin pulido ang sistema ng contact tracing sa mga pampublikong sasakyan, ayon sa isang commuters' group.    Read more »

ValTrace: Valenzuela naglunsad ng sariling contact tracing platform

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 03:19 PM

MAYNILA - Inilunsad nitong Sabado ng Valenzuela City local government ang isang contact tracing platform na layong mapabilis ang paglalabas-pasok ng mga tao sa mga establisimyento sa siyudad. Read more »

Pasay City to use QR code for COVID-19 contact tracing

Michael Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 05 06:51 PM

Businesses in the city have been urged to use the Pasay QR Code COVID-19 Tracer App for contact tracing. Read more »

DOH admits COVID-19 contact tracing target not always achieved

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 10:26 PM

The Department of Health admitted the government's contact tracing target is not always achieved.  Read more »

Govt conducting on-site training, webinars for contact tracing: czar

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 02:53 PM

The government is conducting on-site training and webinars to fill gaps in its contact tracing efforts during the coronavirus pandemic, Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong said Sunday. Read more »