MMDA to hire 300 more contact tracers amid increase in COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila

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(Eagle News) — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority will hire 300 more contact tracers. MMDA chair Benhur Abalos said in a television interview the decision was made following the spike in COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila. On February 22, he said COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila were at 3,767. On  March 7, he said the cases reached 7,031. “Nakikita mo ‘yung dami eh, yung numero halos doble,” he said. Earlier, the OCTA research group warned […]