On that ratio, the Philippines needs at least 135,000 contact tracers for its population of 110 million. In Metro Manila, “the national contact tracing efficiency ratio” is only five or six close contacts of COVID-19 patients, Magalong said. Game changerMagalong said the additional 50,000 contact tracers would “enhance the performance of LGUs” in containing the spread of the coronavirus. Año said the contact tracers hired by the DILG would earn a minimum P18,784 a month in a service contract. But even before then, the city-hired contact tracers were earning between P12,000 and P15,000 a month, Gatchalian said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 15, 2020 21:33 UTC