Washington Expands Contact Tracing Program
WASHINGTON — The Washington State Department of Health says they are rapidly expanding their contact tracing program to track the spread of the coronavirus and place potentially infected residents in quarantine before they can infect others.
As of Wednesday, the DOH says 2,122 personnel have been trained to perform contact tracing in Washington. Of those, 723 are National Guard members, 769 are with the Department of Licensing and 630 are local or state public health professionals.
The state says that as the program grows, they hope to be able to contact infected patients within 24 hours of receiving their positive test, and all the patient's close contacts within 48 hours of that test result.
The personnel represent a more than 50 percent growth in the contact tracing program since it was first announced last Tuesday, and the state says thousands more people have volunteered to be trained over the coming months.
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