Pasig trains more contact tracers amid case spike

Pasig City has trained over 200 new healthcare workers as contact tracers to reinforce its current health workforce amid a spike in COVID-19 cases.

Mayor Vico Sotto acknowledged the efforts of the existing CESU staff during the enhanced community quarantine but noted that they are now overworked due to an increase in cases under general community quarantine.

Sotto emphasized the need for additional support to improve responses and monitoring of COVID-19 cases.

The city government is also hiring 65 nurses, 35 medical doctors, and two medical technologists to expand its centralized quarantine facility.