121 call center employees to undergo Covid retesting in Bacolod

BACOLOD CITY — About 121 employees of a call center here will be retested for Covid-19.

Dr. Chris Sorongon, Bacolod Emergency Operations Center (EOC) deputy for medical data and analysis, said the 121 onsite employees, who earlier tested negative, were classified as general contacts of their 41 Transcom Bacolod colleagues who had tested positive for the virus.

If their repeat tests yield negative results by Monday, they will be able to resume onsite work, Sorongon said.

The EOC has recommended that there should be a box of masks and  alcohol hand spray in every work station. Transcom was also reminded to ensure that its employees wear masks even at their work stations.

“Some of them said it was hard to wear masks while they were working because their voices will be  muffled,” Sorongon said.

“However, they cannot risk not wearing masks at all times at the workplace,” he added.

The EOC also instructed Transcom to increase the  work station distance of each employee, and to install other health safety measures.

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