MANILA, Philippines — Contact tracing in the country has “deteriorated” over the past few weeks, with fewer contacts of COVID-positive patients being traced.
The country’s contact tracing czar Benjamin Magalong admitted this to lawmakers on Tuesday during the online meeting of the House committee on health.
According to Magalong, the national average contact tracing ratio over the past four weeks or from February 28 to March 29 went down from 1:7 to 1:3, or three contacts traced to every COVID-19 case.
“For the past 4 weeks, nakita niyo na talagang nag-deteriorate ng malaki…,” Magalong said.
“Ibig sabihin… when you have contact tracing efficiency ratio of 1:3 to 1:5…
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