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1.1 Contact Tracing
1.1 Contact Tracing
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Eastern Visayas
CENTER FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT
Steps in Contact Tracing
for Local Government
Units (LGU)
Department of Health – Eastern Visayas Center for Health Development
Objectives of Contact Tracing
• To interrupt the ongoing transmission and reduce the
spread of an infection
• To alert contacts to the possibility of infection and
offer preventive counselling or prophylactic care
• To offer diagnosis, counselling and treatment to
already infected individuals
• To help prevent re-infection of the originally infected
person
• To learn about the epidemiology of a disease in a
particular population
Category Definition
This includes passengers of a flight or sea vessel, bus, train,
or other transportation/vehicle whose seat is located four rows
A in front, at the back, or at any side of a confirmed case who is
still in the Philippines
This includes passengers of a flight or sea vessel, bus, train,
or other transportation/vehicle whose seat is located four rows
B in front, at the back, or at any side of a confirmed case who
had already left the Philippines
2 days before
onset
0 XX Days after onset of illness
TO BE SUBMITTED WEEKLY
Input only the close contact that is/are POSITIVE with COVID-19