Mayor Vico Sotto is urging people to be more considerate of medical frontliners who are trying their best to cope with the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the city. | jagoncilloINQ
“We have a good system of contact tracing. Our health officers are hardworking. Our problem is that our workers are overloaded [because] there has been a spike in [coronavirus] cases during the general community quarantine. Many are calling them even as late as 3 a.m. … They really need more people now,” he said in an online briefing.“They never complain. I am very proud of them,” Sotto added as he commended members of the city epidemiology disease and surveillance unit .
Acknowledging the instances in which there was a lag in the unit’s response time or when it was difficult to contact them, Sotto said the city government was currently hiring more Cedsu personnel and contact tracers. Priority would be given to residents although if needed, the city would also hire outsiders.
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