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San Juan de Dios Hospital in Pasay City displays full capacity for COVID-19 cases sign on Jan. 14, 2022.

The STAR / Michael Varcas

 

MANILA, Philippines — An organization of nurses said Wednesday it is appalled by the decision of the Department of Health to roll back contact tracing efforts and prioritize the testing of people at risk.

 

“Much to our dismay, while we kept on calling the government for the improvement of public health measures for infection control such as free and accessible COVID tests with aggressive and systematic contact tracing, the DOH had revert back to year 2020 testing prioritization and would not prioritize contact tracing,” the Filipino Nurses United said.

 

“Aren’t these COVID policies indicators that the government has surrendered to COVID-19?” it added.

 

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/01/19/2154982/nurses-group-hits-revised-covid-19-testing-tracing-policies

 

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