TRACING PLAYBOOK
Updated 20 days ago
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Contact tracing is a core public health function, and the techniques and strategies for contact tracing are not new. The US government's Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the broader public health community have long depended on contact tracing to help control highly communicable diseases like HIV/AIDS, ebola, tuberculosis, and syphilis...
In the battle against COVID-19, contact tracing is one of five essential and interdependent public health strategies (along with social distancing, testing, isolation & quarantine, and treatment) that will enable us to safely reopen society while continuing to flatten the curve.
Also known as: Contact Tracing Playbook