Angry with decision not to treat them, Covid-19 infected refuse to cooperate, health workers say

Without help from those who’ve contracted the disease, contact tracing becomes ineffective, further risking the spread of the virus and more significantly many more deaths, experts and officials warn.

A health worker at the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division had a bad hair day on Tuesday. The health worker, tasked with informing people about their infection status and coordinating in contact tracing, said he faced a hard time.