MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has deployed an additional 802 contact tracers in the National Capital Region (NCR) as part of the government’s response due to the COVID-19 surge.
In a statement on Thursday, DILG Undersecretary and spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said that the Philippine National Police (PNP) will deploy an additional 362 uniformed personnel to the local government units (LGU) contact tracing teams in Metro Manila to supplement their existing local contract tracing effort.
Some 40 PNP contact tracers were deployed in Quezon City; 34 in Pasay; 30 each in Caloocan and Manila; 25 in Makati; 20 in Taguig; 18 …
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