Contact tracingThe Head of the CDC Told Lawmakers that the Country Needs up to 100,000 Contact Tracers

Published 4 June 2020

Dr. Redfield told House lawmakers on Thursday that the federal government and state health departments needed to dramatically increase the number of tracers working to identify who those infected by the coronavirus had come in contact with, saying that up to 100,000 would be needed by September, the New York Times reports.