MANILA, Philippines — Some 12,000 contact tracers will be hired by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to be deployed within the National Capital Region (NCR) Plus Bubble.
Rolly Francia, director of DOLE’s Information and Publication Service, said that 5,000 contact tracers will be assigned in Metro Manila while the remaining 7,000 will be in provinces surrounding the capital region.
“Kanina po sinabi nya (Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello) na 12,000 contact tracers ang initially na iha-hire,” Francia said.
There are, however, no specific details yet on the rollout of the hiring program.
Bello earlier said that the local government units (LGUs) just need to train wo…
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