Services of the Davao City Water District (DCWD) in Matina are currently halted after some employees majority of them front office staff members were flagged for contact tracing.
Jovana Duhaylungsod, DCWD deputy spokesperson, said the employees received an SMS from Safe Davao QR, Davao City’s official contact tracing system.
With a short-handed personnel, DCWD’s services such as meter reading, bill handling, and disconnection of water services were suspended. Movement of water bill due date, red bill concerns, and pending requests were also halted.
“Naa ta’y na-halt na mga services like meter reading and bill handling kay apil pud sila. Kani sila naa’y mga due dates nga ma-extend. We will announce definitely unsay effect not just the due date and red bill but also the pending requests na wala pa nato na aksyunan ug dili namo ma-aksyunan. Ang akoa lang sa pagka-karon because ang pinaka-naigo sa atong closure are our frontliners apil didto ang disconnection team. I think sa pagka-karon wala pa ta gipahigayon ug putol. But maghulat lang sila ug update from DCWD unsay movement sa atoang mga services,” Duhaylungsod said.
She added that DCWD will issue statement or advisory on the movement of services and resumption of operation at the main office in Matina, Davao City.
“Wala pa ta’y gigawas karon na advisory with regards sa movement sa due date. But seguro as this develops most probably naa ta’y ipagawas na mga statement kay aside sa due date naa sad tay ongoing requests na dili nato mahatag within the committed time labaw na tong gipang-request last week,” she said.
“Because significant sa atoang workforce tested negative puwede na maka-resume sa ilahang pagtrabaho but we are taking a lot of precautions pa in resuming our operations. As of this writing wala pa’y advise as of the resumption of our operation,” Duhaylungsod added.
The Safe Davao QR sends SMS to Dabawenyos who were at the same place and time with a Covid-19 positive.
“A number of our front office staff members received a text message from Safe Davao QR and most of them naka-undergo na ug swab test. Although, the results were communicated directly to the employees dili ma-divulge due to data privacy act,” she said.
She said the employees were exposed last April 5 and 8 and so far none of the employees were tested positive with Covid-19.
“We are praying na wala gyud unta magpositive sa ila. Ang exposure was April 5 to April 8 during that time we have our own stringent monitoring especially after the Holy Week grabe ang amoang health protocols during that time base sa amoang monitoring wala’y nag-positive na empleyado,” Duhaylungsod said.
She said that the text message was sent after the city conducted a surveillance targeting the F2 and F3 for contact tracing.
“It could be a customer kay predominantly sa mga na text are our frontliners in Matina,” Duhaylungsod said.
