MANILA, Philippines — Amid the current surge of COVID-19 cases, contact tracing efforts remain the “weakest link” in the government’s response against the pandemic, Baguio City mayor and contact tracing czar Benjamin Magalong admitted Tuesday.
Magalong said that the country’s contact tracing ratio average is only at 1:4, which is far from the target 1:15 ratio.
“Overall, ‘yung contact tracing natin nandoon sa 1:4 lang. So malayong malayo na sa 1:15 na standard na contact tracing efficiency ratio [Overall, our contact tracing is 1:4 only. So it’s far from the standard 1:15 in contact tracing efficiency ratio],” he said in a Laging Handa public briefing.
“To be honest with y…
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