Manila Bulletin
Cebu City dispatches 1st batch of swabbers to aid in COVID-19 testing
Cebu City has deployed 26 trained swabbers to bolster its contact tracing efforts across 80 villages in the city.
These swabbers, trained by the Department of Health (DOH), will work with the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and existing contact tracing teams.
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, who is assisting Cebu, highlighted the critical role of these swabbers in accelerating the tracing and swabbing process.
This deployment aims to address the significant backlog caused by a limited number of previous contact tracing teams, thereby speeding up the city's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Melquiades Feliciano emphasized that increased contact tracing and swabbing provide a better opportunity to contain the virus.
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