CEBU CITY, Philippines — Over three weeks since his visit to Cebu City to bring in his City’s best practices, Baguio City Mayor and contact tracing czar Benjamin Magalong said Cebu City's
Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong. INQUIRER.net file photo / CATHY MIRANDA
“The good news is they are implementing it. Siguro nahihirapan lang sila sa number of contact tracers kasi yung ating PNP cannot provide everything, nagkakaroon sila ng shortage,” Magalong said. “According to one particular person, who is very knowledgeable, doon sa 130 swerte na raw na 50 percent o 40 percent ang naco-contact trace. The rest, wala na, napapabayaan na lang. But ngayon tinututukan talaga nila ni mayor with the help ofMagalong said it could really be challenging for the city to contact trace considering that Cebu City logged about 100 additional cases daily.
Magalong urged the LGUs to hire their own contact tracers for the meantime in order not to delay the contact tracing efforts and prevent further spread of the virus.
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