Manila Bulletin
Pasig City hires 200 more healthcare workers amid COVID-19 surge
The Pasig City government has hired an additional 227 medical workers to bolster its pandemic response efforts amid an expected increase in COVID-19 cases.
Mayor Vico Sotto announced the hiring after several hospital staff were placed under quarantine due to COVID-19 infection, including himself.
The newly hired personnel include 28 general practitioners, 61 nurses, and 138 other medical staff such as nursing attendants and specialists.
Pasig City recorded 3,336 active COVID-19 cases on January 18, with cases still projected to rise.
The city has also reopened two additional vaccination sites and plans to reopen another private vaccination site to ease congestion.
While cases are projected to rise, the death rate associated with the Omicron variant appears to be significantly lower than that of the Delta variant.
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