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Groceries And Rent Money: Why Support For COVID Isolation Is More Important Than Ever

Mar 19, 2021
If we want life to get back to normal in the U.S., public health experts say we can't just rely on COVID-19 vaccines. Other tools like contact tracing and care coordination are crucial too.
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Coronavirus Updates
Singapore's TraceTogether program has been a factor in the country's success in managing the coronavirus. But officials now acknowledge its contact-tracing data can be requested by police in criminal investigations.
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Singapore Says COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Data Can Be Requested By Police

Jan 05, 2021
The government had previously said data collected by its widely used app would only be used for contact tracing. The program is seen as a key part of the country's success in managing the coronavirus.
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Contact tracer Toni Parlanti of Stamford, Conn., calls a person identified as having been potentially exposed to the coronavirus this week. States and territories report they have more than 70,000 people working on contact tracing as of December.
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For Overwhelmed And Burnt Out COVID-19 Contact Tracers, Help Is (Hopefully) Coming

Dec 23, 2020
NPR's latest survey finds the contact tracing workforce now tops 70,000, a dramatic increase in the last two months. But to meet the growing demand, new federal funding will be key.
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Coronavirus Updates
Cars line up Friday at a coronavirus testing site at the University of Texas at El Paso. The area has seen a surge in cases in recent weeks, and a two-week curfew is now in effect in El Paso County.
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El Paso, Texas, Judge Issues 2-Week Curfew To Stem Surge Of COVID-19 Cases

Oct 26, 2020
The judge said he was "left with no choice" but to impose a countywide curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. He noted El Paso County has seen a 160% increase in its positivity rate in the last three weeks.
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COVID-19 Contact Tracing Workforce Barely 'Inching Up' As Cases Surge

Oct 14, 2020
The number of people working to stop COVID-19 outbreaks from spreading is far from the level needed in most states, according to a new NPR survey and analysis. Find out how your state is doing.
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Numerous people have tested positive for the coronavirus after attending a Sept. 26 event in the Rose Garden at the White House to announce President Trump's nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
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The Many, Maddening Hurdles To Contact Tracing The White House Outbreak

Oct 09, 2020
The coronavirus outbreak originating at the White House may have spread cases to dozens of other communities. But tracing related cases and stopping further spread is extremely challenging.
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Live Updates: Trump Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Duluth International Airport on Sept. 30, 2020 in Duluth, Minn.
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How Do You Contact Trace The President Of The United States?

Oct 03, 2020
The President's diagnosis calls for contact tracing on a massive scale. Luckily, not everyone President Trump saw this week with is a high risk exposure. Here's who is.
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Live Updates: Trump Tests Positive For Coronavirus
President Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Harrisburg International Airport in Middletown, Pa., on Saturday.
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'It's Not Just About The President': Tracing Trump's Contacts

Oct 02, 2020
"I suspect many senior members of the government are going to have to go into quarantine," says Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health.
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Official: Nevada 'COVID Trace' Should Pair With Google-Apple

Sep 03, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — State officials say a coronavirus contact tracing app launched last week should work well with a similar tool that Google and Apple are rolling out to alert people who might have been exposed to COVID-19.

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Is The Strip In Danger of Super-Spreading Covid-19? A Contact Tracing App May Be The Answer

Aug 26, 2020

Five months into the pandemic and we’re still figuring out how to stem the spread of COVID-19. 

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Contact Tracing Smartphone App Now Available

Aug 25, 2020

The COVID Trace Nevada smartphone app is now up and running.

It will alert users that they may have come in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. 

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Beware of scammers. Legitimate contact tracers will never ask you for any sort of payment or seek other financial information or your Social Security number.
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How To Tell A Real COVID-19 Contact Tracer's Call From A Scammer's

Aug 20, 2020
A loved one's health could depend on the truth if you get a call from a real contact tracer about your exposure to the coronavirus. But beware impostors who ask you for payment or to click on a link.
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14 States Make Contact Tracing Data Public. Here's What They're Learning

Aug 14, 2020
The information includes details on where transmission is happening most. If more states shared this widely, it could shape policy and save lives, health researchers say.
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Care resource coordinator Luisa Schaeffer scrolls through her COVID-19 isolation case list for the day: One woman is out of milk, while another needs help finding a doctor and making an appointment. A man also asks about getting help to pay rent.
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Contact Tracers In Massachusetts Order Milk And Help With Rent. Here's Why

Aug 11, 2020
The state offers support and resources for people isolating because of COVID-19 — helping them make choices that keep everyone safe. It's work more states need to fund, experts say.
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Contact tracers (from left) Christella Uwera, Dishell Freeman and Alejandra Camarillo work at Harris County Public Health Contact Tracing facility in Houston in June.
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Coronavirus Cases Are Surging. The Contact Tracing Workforce Is Not

Aug 07, 2020
NPR surveyed all 50 states about their contact tracing work. The workforce has barely grown since mid-June, while cases have skyrocketed.
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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam speaks during a news conference in Richmond, Va. on June 4. Virginia has rolled out a smartphone app to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus.
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Virginia Unveils App To Aid Contact Tracing

Aug 05, 2020
Virginia's new COVIDWISE app is designed to alert users who may have been exposed to the coronavirus. The app relies on Bluetooth to notify people who may be at risk.
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Nevada To Expand Contact Tracing Under New Reopening Plan

Jul 29, 2020

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada plans to expand its contact tracing capabilities as part of a new reopening plan that targets high-risk businesses rather than entire industries.

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People wait in line outside a testing site in Florida. The state has seen unprecedented surges in coronavirus cases in recent weeks.
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Pandemic Is Overwhelming U.S. Public Health Capacity In Many States. What Now?

Jul 28, 2020
With the coronavirus spreading out of control in many parts of the U.S., some experts say the strategy of testing and tracing can't contain the pandemic until lockdowns bring case numbers down.
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Contact tracing for the coronavirus is the subject of colorful conspiracy theories. In fact, contact tracing is a straightforward process of notifying people if they've been exposed to someone who is sick.
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Conspiracy Theories Aside, Here's What Contact Tracers Really Do

Jul 14, 2020
Recently, the idea of contact tracing has triggered some colorful misinformation campaigns. It's actually a tried-and-true public health tool that can curb the spread of the coronavirus.
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COVID-19 Infection Rise In Latino Community Spurs Outreach Effort

Jul 06, 2020

COVID-19 has proven to infect people indiscriminately.

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Workers wearing protective suits fumigate an art hall with antiseptic solution as a precaution against the spread of the Middle East respiratory syndrome in Seoul, South Korea, in June 2015.
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South Korea Holds Onto Patient Data From Prior Coronavirus, Worrying Privacy Groups

Jun 30, 2020
Privacy advocates warn the government has kept the information from 2015 MERS patients beyond a justified emergency period.
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World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a news conference earlier this week in Geneva.
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WHO Chief On COVID-19 Pandemic: 'The Worst Is Yet To Come'

Jun 29, 2020
Speaking at a briefing in Geneva, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said: "We all want this to be over. We all want to get on with our lives. But the hard reality is this is not even close to being over."
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Essential Vocab For COVID-19: From Asymptomatic To Zoonotic

Jun 27, 2020
The pandemic has brought many new terms into daily usage. Here are definitions of some of the words used in discussion of the novel coronavirus and how to stem its spread.
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Passengers have their temperature checked before entering a railway station in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya on June 22.
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Israel's Government Wants Spy Agency To Resume COVID-19 Tracing. Spy Chief Objects

Jun 24, 2020
As the country's coronavirus cases surge, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for law reform to resume a surveillance program that the Supreme Court halted earlier this month.
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People leave a train at the central station in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday.
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How Germany Staffed Up Contact Tracing Teams To Contain Its Coronavirus Outbreak

Jun 22, 2020
Staff in over 400 call centers in Germany work around the clock to notify people if they've been exposed to a positive coronavirus case. The country aims to have one contact tracer per 4,000 people.
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