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Less contact tracers to be hired for longer service period
THE DEPARTMENT of Labor and Employment will hire 5,000 contact tracers instead of the initial plan of 12,000 to allow them to work for a longer period as requested by local governments where they will be deployed. During a virtual briefing on Monday, the department’s Information and Publication Service Director Rolly M. Francia said the decision to cut the target beneficiaries under a temporary employment program known as TUPAD was based on talks with the leaders of local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila. “This will be around 5,000 only. The reason is not because we do not have the funds. We still have funds. What Secretary (Silvestre) Bello wants to clear up is that the decrease in hiring contract tracers we will be funding… is because of the want of the LGUs to prolong the number of days the contact tracers will work,” Mr. Francia said in Filipino.
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COVID vaccine law exempts gov’t workers from liability
GOVERNMENT officials and workers involved in the inoculation of individuals who will experience adverse effects from the coronavirus vaccines will be exempt from liabilities under the proposed law that provides for an indemnity to affected patients. “They are free from liability unless there was negligence or gross negligence or there is a willful intent,” Quirino Rep. Junie E. Cua said on Wednesday. He explained that such clause is needed because health workers would otherwise “be afraid to administer (the vaccines).” The House of Representatives on Tuesday evening adopted the Senate version of the proposed Emergency Vaccines Procurement Act. The measure will skip the bicameral conference and will only need the signature of the President for it to become a law. The measure will expedite the procurement and administration of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines. The proposed measure also provides for a P500-mil