MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Saturday clarified that gossipmongers will only ask questions in tracing down contacts of those infected by the coronavirus disease
“Ito activity na ito ay basic lamang na pagtatanong sa barangay,” PNP spokesperson Brigadier General Bernard Banac said during the Laging Handa online press briefing.
“At alam niyo naman ang pangyayari sa barangay ay alam ‘yan ng mga nakatira lalo na ng mga umpuk-umpukan na nakatira sa kanto, o kaya dyan sa barberya, o sa palengke, ‘yung nagtitinda ng taho, o kaya naman sorbetes, eh malalaman mo kung sino ang positibo o may sakit ng COVID-19,” he added. The director of the PNP-Region 7 Brigadier General Albert Ignatius Ferro first made the proposition, saying that“This may be a way to help gather information useful for the government to beat the disease,” he explained.the current COVID-19 situation.
Banac added that the information that gossipmongers gather will then be passed to contact tracers, who will then verify if a person has been infected with COVID-19. “Kaagad naman ito ipapasa sa contact tracers, sa pangunguna ng ating mga health worker, upang kumpirmahin kung talagang validated ‘yung mga ganitong tsismis,” he said.The comments uploaded on this site do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of management and owner of Cebudailynews. We reserve the right to exclude comments that we deem to be inconsistent with our editorial standards.
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