DILG chief praised

THE ZAMBOANGA City government thanked Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, who was here recently, for his strong support to the local Covid-19 response and the deployment of hundreds of contract tracers here.

Mayor Beng Climaco poses with Interior Secretary Eduardo Año after handing him the Certificate of Appreciation the local government gave for his invaluable support to the Covid-19 response of the Zamboanga City Government. (Bong Serondo)

Climaco also presented Año with a certificate of appreciation during a brief meeting at the Edwin Andrews Air Base. The mayor also discussed with Año her request to extend the services of the contact tracers. 

Año said the Department of the Interior and Local Government has submitted its recommendation to President Rodrigo Duterte to extend the tracer’s employment contract. 

He also vowed to work out for the provision of more vaccines for the local security forces since they are also on the front line of Covid response.

Climaco said there is a need to extend the services of contact tracers as the local government continues to battle the spread of the deadly respiratory disease, especially now that the Delta variant of the Covid-19 first detected in India has spread around the world.

She has written Año and also Health Secretary Francisco Duque as early as December last year requesting them to extend the services of contact tracers and other Covid-related personnel until December 2021. 

Climaco said the invaluable services of the nurses and contact tracers are crucial to Zamboanga’s sustained effort in battling the spread of the Covid-19. She said one of the challenges of the local government has always been the shortage of healthcare workers, as well as effective contact tracing. 

“Our country is still suffering from Covid-19 pandemic and while it is true that our country is slowly opening up the economy with concomitant increased of people mobility, the virus is still here and its threat to our health and safety is ever present. Thus, the need to extend the services of Covid-related personnel until December 2021,” the mayor emphasized in her letter. 

Climaco has repeatedly expressed her gratitude to the contact tracers and commended them for their dedication in helping the City Health Office. (Zamboanga Post)

   

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