Manila, July 13 -- The Quezon City government has completed the hiring of a pool of 300 contact tracers to help contain the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the city.
Mayor Joy Belmonte said augmenting the staff of the city's Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) has been one of the priorities of the local government since the onset of the pandemic.
"Aggressive contact tracing is key to testing the right population. We have to keep pace with new infections by forming many groups of contact tracers who will be able to immediately identify those who have been in close contact with Covid-19 patients," she said.
According to CESU head Dr. Rolando Cruz, the newly-hired contact tracers are tasked to trace individuals wh...