There are 3 article(s) tagged contact tracing:

• October 2021

  • Health Dept. Director: ‘We wish they would call us back’

    “People don’t understand why they are being asked to name people. They don’t understand the whole role of contact tracing,” said Dr. Rebecca Wurtz, director of Public Health Administration and Policy at the University of Minnesota. 

    By Jane Roberts October 04, 2021

• February 2021

  • If you test positive, labs will send link to start contact tracing

    Health Department survey will allow positive case investigation to happen online instead of in phone interviews.

    By Jane Roberts February 02, 2021

• October 2020

  • Contact tracing is critical, but not always successful

    Almost every day, 15%-20% of the people in Shelby County who test positive do not respond to calls from the health department for contact tracing.

    By Jane Roberts October 06, 2020