Globe and Smart subscribers, including customers of TM, TNT, and Sun, may now use the Philippine Red Cross' RC143 contact tracing app for free. As more and more people go out under the new GCQ, the use of contact tracing apps has become more and more essential to ensure safety. Despite all these, we still don’t have a national contact-tracing app. Contact tracing is a critical step in managing a pandemic. When systematically implemented, contact tracing can prevent outbreaks and disrupt the chains of transmission. The Local Government Units (LGUs) try to pick up the slack by having their own contact tracing apps. Local contact tracing is only useful if absolutely everyone categorically never travels across territories – a feat simply impossible as we’ve found out from the last two years. Furthermore, needing multiple contact-tracing apps discourages people from using the apps. Read more in our articles including "RC143 contact tracing app is now free for Globe and Smart subscribers" and "No excuse for not having a national COVID-19 contact-tracing app".
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Apr 11, 2020Globe and Smart subscribers, including customers of TM, TNT, and Sun, may now use the Philippine Red Cross' RC143 contact tracing app for free. As more and more people go out under the new GCQ, the use of contact tracing apps has become more and more essential to ensure safety.
Despite all these, we still don’t have a national contact-tracing app. Contact tracing is a critical step in managing a pandemic. When systematically implemented, contact tracing can prevent outbreaks and disrupt the chains of transmission.
Our coverage of RC143 contact tracing includes: "RC143 contact tracing app is now free for Globe and Smart subscribers"; "No excuse for not having a national COVID-19 contact-tracing app"; "LTFRB: StaySafe.ph contact tracing app now mandatory in PUVs". Each article provides unique insights and information.