As DILG XII starts out the first day of the virtual orientation for contact tracers on September 29, support for the more than 1500 new hires began to pour in through donations of hygiene kits.
The 620 trainees who were newly hired by the Department composed the 1st batch of contact tracers from the provinces of Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, Gen. Santos City and Cotabato City have made it past the initial screening process to become part of the virtual Pre-deployment Training Orientation.
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The RIATF-EID XII, which has approved the resolution concurring the implementation of zoning containment strategy or localized lockdown in selected areas of the municipalities of Alabel in Sarangani Province, Midsayap in Cotabato Province and Tupi in South Cotabato due to the reported cases of contamination in the said areas, has announced that the localized lockdown in Alabel, Sarangani Province started on September 3 and will formally end on the 17th. It covers the following areas:
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The Regional Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Disease (RIATF-EID XII) has concurred to the requests made by certain LGUs to implement zoning containment strategies in certain areas with Covid 19 cases.
This was confirmed by DILG XII Regional Director Josephine Cabrido-Leysa, CESO III, based on RIATF Resolution 2020-29-B dated September 9, 2020. Around four (4) LGUs in Region XII had to be placed under lockdown due to recorded new cases of Covid 19 infection.
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In a bid to increase its surveillance capacity for Covid 19, the Department of the Interior and Local Government XII has started with the recruitment process of contact tracers as the Region battles the most recent spike in infections due to confirmed local transmission.
In a radio interview on Tuesday, Director Josephine Cabrido-Leysa, CESO III called on applicants who meet the minimum qualification standard such as having a Bachelor’s Degree relevant to the job, with preferred experience on any of the following:
