MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) should take advantage of social media in contact tracing people infected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and those they had close
Defensor, who serves as vice-chairperson of the House committee on health, said that through social media, the whereabouts of an infected person over the last 14 days can be determined as well as the people they came in close contact with.
The lawmaker pointed out that there are 75 million Facebook users in the country, making Filipinos one of the most active users of the platform.
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