Philippine govt to deploy 5,754 more contact tracers in Metro Manila to contain Covid-19 pandemic

Health workers talk to patients and relatives at a Covid-19 screening area at a hospital in Manila, Philippines. - AP

MANILA, May 2 (Philippines Daily Inquirer/ANN): The government is set to hire and deploy over 5,000 contact tracers in Metro Manila for three months starting this May, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Sunday.

The DILG said it has inked a memorandum circular with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on the guidelines for the hiring, training and deployment a total of 5,754 contact tracers for three months with a minimum wage of 537 pesos per day