More Covid-19 tracers hired

Amid the new spike in Covid-19 cases, the Quezon City Government has hired additional contact tracers to help combat the raging coronavirus infections in the city.

Under the emergency employment program of the Public Emergency and Services Office, 350 contact tracers have been employed. They were also previously parts of the Department of the Interior and Local Government contact tracers program.

Aside from them, 360 other contact tracers from the Department of Labor and Employment also had their contracts renewed for an additional 30 days from 17 January to 19 February.