DAVAO CITY - Nabunturan town in Davao de Oro on Tuesday ordered the closure of all public and private cemeteries and memorial parks for visitors from October 29 to November 4. Mayor Chelita Amatong signed Executive Order (EO) No. 49, saying residents should follow the schedule of visitation, the use of the StaySafe App, and the Undas Pass in visiting the public cemetery to fully implement social distancing. The EO added that the Nabunturan Covid-19 Crisis Team has foreseen the need to further restrict mass gatherings in cemeteries, memorial parks, including columbaria, to prevent super spreader events and observe the minimum public health standards during the "Undas" Season. "Recent Covid-19 patient timelines and contact tracing revealed that mass gatherings and personal/family milestones are a contributory factor in identifying and tracing increased numbers of close contacts of Covid-19 positive individuals," it said. Amatong said in the EO that in all cemeteries a
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Mayor Oca Malapitan Facebook page
CALOOCAN CITY, March 16 (PIA) The Caloocan City Government now uses the StaySafe.ph a contact tracing application launched earlier by the national government to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19. For a faster contact tracing, the use of the StaySafe App is being implemented in Caloocan City, Mayor Oca Malapitan said in his Facebook post. Just need to download the StaySafe App on your mobile phones and register. Just screenshot your QR Code so it will be scanned upon entering. No need to write those going to establishments with a StaySafe App, Mayor Oca added.
Citizens data collected by StaySafe app still in hands of private firm
Jan 21, 2021 2:48 PM PHT
The data of Filipinos collected by the government s contact tracing app remains in the hands of a private technology firm, an official of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) confirmed.
Assistant Secretary Manny Caintic, on Thursday, January 21, said in a Malacañang press briefing that a deed of donation of the data is yet to be signed by the Department of Health.
This means the health department, the government agency with a mandate to hold the data as part of its role in curbing the pandemic, has not yet received users information from Multisys Technologies Corp, the developer of StaySafe.