Contact Tracing

Health investigators across the U.S. are finding it nearly impossible to keep up with the deluge of new COVID-19 infections and carry out contact tracing efforts that were once seen as a pillar of the nation’s pandemic response.

Despite promises from Gov. Gavin Newsom to build an “army” of contact tracers to contain the coronavirus pandemic, a new audit says California mustered less than half of the number promised.

Governor Newsom announced an ambitious plan to contact and trace millions of Californians through their smartphones to find out who has COVID, and who that person has come in contact with. Scott Budman got an early look and explains how it works.

An Associated Press analysis finds that new smartphone technology for alerting people about possible exposure to the coronavirus has been slow to catch on

San Francisco is rolling out a virtual assistant tool as part of its contact tracing as the number of COVID-19 cases continue to rise. In addition to calling people, they can use this option.

San Francisco is rolling out a virtual assistant tool as part of its contact tracing as the number of COVID-19 cases continue to rise. Christie Smith reports.

Across the U.S., people from immigrant, refugee and Black communities are being hired to bridge the cultural divide in the United States and rebuild public confidence in America’s public health system

As schools grapple with ways to safely return to campus, some high school students in Marin County have created an app for coronavirus contact tracing. Christie Smith reports.

As schools grapple with ways to safely return to campus, some high school students in Marin County have created an app for coronavirus contact tracing.

Efforts to find coronavirus contact tracers are ramping up. NBC Bay Area’s Janelle Wang spoke with Infectious Disease Specialist and contact tracing expert Dr. Michael Reid, professor of medicine at UCSF, about a free program designed to learn the “ins and outs” of contact tracing.

No one should have come in person last week to President Donald Trump’s fundraiser at his Bedminster golf club because of the risk of COVID-19 infection, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday. White House officials acknowledged last week they knew of the president’s exposure risk before he traveled to the Garden State for Thursday’s event but allowed it...

Only a handful of contact tracers working to slow COVID-19 in 125 communities near Chicago speak Spanish, despite significant Hispanic populations

Technical roadblocks are slowing the launch of contact-tracing apps stateside. Apple and Google rolled out an exposure notification tool in May to Android and iPhone, making it possible for app developers to use Bluetooth to track when devices come close to each other. But government agencies are facing challenges when it comes to creating the app itself.

California became the second state in America to report more than 400,000 COVID-19 cases Tuesday, joining New York.

California became the second state in America to report more than 400,000 COVID-19 cases Tuesday, joining New York. Lili Tan reports.

San Diego County Public Health officials said Wednesday they are working with tribal lands to investigate positive COVID-19 cases that may be connected to several local casinos.

This tattoo shop would be able to alert customers if anyone became infected with coronavirus through a streamlined process and other businesses are catching on. Christine Kim reports for NBC LA at 6 p.m. Saturday June 20, 2020.

A Chula Vista church under scrutiny for potential health order violations last month is now the focus of a county COVID-19 contact tracing investigation after two people connected to the church tested positive.

Health experts are concerned that protests erupting across the nation and the law enforcement response to them will upend efforts to track and contain the spread of coronavirus just as those efforts were finally getting underway

We’re hearing a lot about contact tracing lately, as part of efforts to contain coronavirus. Con artists are aiming to take advantage of it, too. Consumer investigator Chris Chmura reports.