Contact Tracing

Although New Jersey continues to build out the capabilities of its community contact tracing corps, compliance with contact tracers stands at around 26 percent, the governor announced. During his coronavirus press briefing Monday, Gov. Phil Murphy said that the state now has more than 30 contact tracers per every 100,000 residents statewide in all but three counties — Bergen, Camden…

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

Health officials in Pennsylvania and other states have had issues with people not responding to contact tracers and thus, not being able to tell people to self-isolate to stop the spread. NBC10’s Jacqueline London reports.

Pennsylvania’s contact tracing system is under strain as the explosion of new COVID-19 cases overtakes health workers’ ability to keep up

Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine says that too many people aren’t cooperating with contact tracers as Pennsylvania looks to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Pennsylvania is seeing new record case counts for the coronavirus and a rise in hospitalizations, though Dr. Rachel Levine feels hospitals have more knowledge and more treatment options to fight the virus this fall and winter.

NBC10’s Erin Coleman looks into the role of positivity rates in determining response to the coronavirus.

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

St. Joseph’s Preparatory School’s nationally-ranked football team won’t be playing this weekend after a cluster of cases of the coronavirus forced the Philadelphia Jesuit high school for boys and young men to transition to virtual learning through at least the end of October.

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...

Both Pennsylvania and Delaware are using an app to help residents stay safe amid the coronavirus pandemic. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia explains.

Philadelphia is averaging about 80 new COVID-19 cases a day. While that number might seem low, health officials say exponential spread can happen fast. NBC10 investigative reporter Mitch Blacher gives us an exclusive look at how Philadelphia traces and stops new infections before they strike.

Pennsylvania’s new coronavirus exposure-notification app is now available on app stores.

The app COVID Alert PA can let users know if they have been near someone who tested positive for the coronavirus.

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

Young people in New Jersey who have tested positive for COVID-19 are being asked to be more open with contact tracers in New Jersey. NBC10 reporter Cydney Long talked to health officials asking for help.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health is hiring 1,000 additional contract tracers to bolster the state’s efforts to contain coronavirus outbreaks by quickly notifying people who might have been exposed

Philly leaders said they wanted to assemble a racially diverse group to track the spread of the coronavirus among residents.

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.