UK NHS COVID contact tracing app receives funding for rest of year
The UK's contact tracing app has received £2.5million in funding after a deal was struck with a specialist vendor to...
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With COVID-19 cases dropping, Sumter School District suspends contact tracing and quarantines
With levels of COVID-19 below a 10% threshold for students and staff for consecutive weeks, the Sumter School District has...
Is tracing tech here to stay?, Health News, ET HealthWorld
The two-year fight against COVID-19 has turned technology into the weapon of choice to defeat the virus, but experts now...
NYC Health + Hospitals plans 874 layoffs when universal contact tracing ends
NYC Test & Trace Corps, the city's initiative for COVID-19 testing and contact tracing, is ending universal contact tracing by...
County to limit COVID-19 contact tracing surveys to at-risk groups
San Diego County reported 562 new COVID-19 infections and 10 deaths on Thursday, as public health officials continued their move...
County no longer tracing contacts for all COVID infections
SAN DIEGO — San Diego County public health officials are no longer conducting contact tracing on all COVID-19 infections and...
Is tracking technology here to stay?, Telecom News, ET Telecom
By Umberto BacchiThomson Foundation: The two-year fight against COVID-19 has turned technology into the weapon of choice to defeat the...
As Covid cases decline, Vermont ends contact tracing contract
Note: This story is over a week old. Given how quickly the Covid-19 pandemic is evolving, we recommend reading our...
San Diego County scales back COVID-19 contact tracing program
For more than two years, county contact tracers worked to interview every resident who tested positive for the coronavirus. But...
Duterte-Carpio: contact tracing no longer mandatory according to IATF
Photo by Mark Perandos/SunStar File DAVAO City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said Monday, March 7 that compliance with digital contact tracing...
Covid contact tracing ends in Preston and Lancashire
Preston Covid-19 Testing Center at Moor Park Pic: Donna Clifford The government-led contract search with Preston City Council and Lancashire...
Contact-Tracing App Market 2022 Industry Projections, Development Trends-Allsoft Consulting, CACAO, Entro labs, Evros Technology Group, Intugine Techn
London, MRA Reports titled 'Global Contact tracing app Industry 2022, presents critical information and statistical data on the contact tracing...
Contact tracing is expected to continue locally, but focus will change after omicron casts doubt on effectiveness of individual cases
The Spokane Regional Health District will continue COVID-19 contact tracing through 2022, after the district renewed its contract with the...
Definitions of “close contact” vs “low exposure notice” for contact tracing
This post was updated on March 4, 2022 at 10:11 a.m.The following guidelines are used by our contact tracing teams...
Contact tracing and masking will stop in schools on Friday
New changes are coming to the Kenai Peninsula School District's COVID-19 mitigation protocols, the district announced Monday. Starting Friday, March...
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CDC reduces contact tracing recommendations
Contact tracing — the public health tool intended to manage the spread of COVID-19 — is no longer universally recommended...
New York City to end universal Covid-19 contact tracing
That doesn't mean there won't be any form of contact tracing in the city anymore, the program's leadership said. Crain's....
UPDATE: Oregon to scrap Covid quarantines and contact tracing in schools March 12
Students who are sick or test positive for Covid will still have to stay home, but the state is dropping...
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PA AG Comments Raising Questions About Status of Contact Tracing Data Breach Investigation – WPXI
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania attorney general's office told Target 11 several weeks ago that it had closed the Insight...
St. Paul Public Schools Stop Contact Tracing, May Remove Masks – Twin Cities
St. Paul Public Schools is dropping some of its coronavirus pandemic precautions, and its school board could vote early next...
CDC updates guidance on contact tracing and case investigation
Nearly two years after the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called for 100,000 contact tracers to...
COVID-19 Live Updates: NYC’s contact tracing program set to end next month
NEW YORK (WABC) -- New York City's coronavirus contact tracing program will end its universal tracing efforts late next month,...
End of quarantines, contact tracing amid changes to new Oregon guidelines for schools, starting March 12
Starting March 12, Oregon will end contact tracing and quarantine for the “general population,” including schools. New procedures for schools...
NYC to end most coronavirus contact tracing | News
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's coronavirus contact tracing program will end its universal tracing efforts late next month,...
NYC will soon end the main contact tracing program for the coronavirus
New York City has said it will end its primary coronavirus contact tracing program next month, in yet another sign...
End of contact tracing and masking in schools on Friday
New changes are coming to the Kenai Peninsula School District's COVID-19 mitigation protocols, the district announced Monday. Starting Friday, March...
Upstate schools suspend contact tracing and quarantine practices
GREENVILLE COUNTY, SC (WSPA) – School officials in Greenville County have said that starting Tuesday, testing to stay and quarantine...
Hong Kong contact tracing app LeaveHomeSafe stops alerting users to restaurants visited by Covid patients
Hong Kong's mobile contact-tracing app LeaveHomeSafe has stopped alerting users to confirmed Covid-19 cases who have visited restaurants users have...
Schools and businesses must manage contact tracing as WA COVID case numbers soar
The WA Minister of Health has admitted that some organisations, including schools, are now being asked to run their own...
School districts end contact tracing, change quarantine protocol
February 25, 2022 | Both Carbon County school districts have ended contact tracing and self-mandatory quarantines. Cali O'Hare has the...
Passes for vaccines and Covid-19 contact tracing become useless and could be scrapped
Many Covid-19 precautions that people have grown accustomed to two years into the pandemic seem increasingly irrelevant and discarded. On...
Statewide policy change overturns Senate resolution on contact tracing
Cameron KrasuckiSHIELD testing workers carry a container full of Covid-19 tests to the State Farm Center on October 9, 2020....
DEEPEN: PCHD says case investigation and contact tracing prevented 140,000 COVID-19 infections | dig deeper
TUCSON (KVOA) – Early in the pandemic, Pima County contracted with an outside company to investigate cases and trace contacts...
Public Health: Lewis and Clark Co. COVID-19 contact tracing becomes automated | Local
Lewis and Clark Public Health recently switched to automated COVID-19 contact tracing to quickly notify people who test positive for...
Contact Tracing Services Market with Manufacturers, Applications, Regions and 2026 SWOT Analysis
the Contact tracing services market The report is intended to provide a 360 degree...
Oracle Corporation, Apple, SAP SE, Siemens, ServiceNow, – Handling
The Contact Tracing Service Market research report provides market insights using analytical methods such as Porter's Five Forces analysis and...
Health officials no longer require contact tracing in schools from Monday | News
CITY OF MORE HEAD —NOTNew safety protocols came into effect Monday at schools that no longer require contact tracing or...
Changes in COVID-19 testing and contact tracing | rowan today
As confirmed cases of COVID-19 decline in Rowan, New Jersey and across the country, we are implementing University-wide changes to...
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North Carolina health officials no longer recommend contact tracing in K-12 schools – WSOC TV
RALEIGH, NC – North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services officials have announced individual contact tracing and exclusion from...
HSE investigating alleged ‘party’ at Covid-19 contact tracing center in Limerick
The HSE has revealed it is investigating alleged 'parties' being held at contact tracing centers including at least one in...
Clovis rushes to announce contact tracing and quarantine rollbacks – GV Wire
Clovis Unified wasted no time in announcing changes to COVID-19 contact tracing and quarantine for students. The district informed parents...
CMS will end contact tracing from Monday, February 21
Principals and staff are encouraged to prepare for the likelihood that masks will soon become optional for students, staff and...
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CMS no longer conducts contact tracing; other COVID-19 protocols to change – WSOC TV
CHARLOTTE — Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools will no longer conduct contact tracing to identify close contacts of individuals known to have tested...
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools End COVID-19 Contact Tracing, Amend Quarantine Protocol
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) – Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools are ending contact tracing related to COVID-19 and changing their quarantine guidelines.After careful review...
High case count alters COVID contact tracing
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) – At the start of COVID, public health officials attempted to contact everyone who tested positive. Now,...
State Department of Health Lifts Contact Tracing and Isolation Requirements for Schools | Local News
Schools no longer have to conduct COVID-19 contract searches, and children and staff no longer have to wear masks, effective...
WHO issues omicron-specific quarantine and contact tracing guidelines
Omicron's high transmissibility has overstretched contact tracing capacities globally, prompting the World Health Organization to issue interim guidance on February...
Indiana eliminates contact tracing and quarantine guidelines for schools
But students who test positive for COVID-19 must still self-isolate for at least five days – as long as symptoms...
These little devices could be the future of contact tracing
COVID-19 contact tracing programs across the country are scaled back as the omicron wave wanes.Health services are encouraging people to...
End of universal COVID-19 contact tracing in schools
The Fulton County Health Department will no longer conduct widespread contact tracing for schools. The decision is due to a...
Madison County Health Department ends contact tracing
MADISON COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) – Two years into the pandemic, health departments are shifting their response to COVID-19 cases.Due...
NHS Tayside issues new Covid contact tracing text scam warning
NHS Tayside issues new Covid contact tracing text scam warning Calendar An icon of a desktop calendar. to cancel An...
India’s contact tracing app integrates with ABDM
Aarogya Setu, India's official national contact tracing app, is the latest app to connect to the Ayushman Bharat Health Account,...
Northwestern Arkansas school officials say ending contact tracing and required quarantine eases burden
Officials from the four largest school districts in the northwest Arkansas region — Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale and Fayetteville — said...
Howell schools are no longer tracking COVID-19 cases
HOWELL, NJ — School districts in New Jersey have begun announcing changes to their existing COVID-19 protocols as the state's...
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Public health officials end COVID contact tracing
Key points to remember State and local health departments are reducing contact tracing on COVID-19 cases, a practice that was...
The Ministry of Health will stop universal contact tracing
JACKSON, Tenn. – The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department is making some changes starting Monday, Feb. 14. “If you test...
Lewisburg School District Removes Contact Tracing, Will Address Masking At Next Meeting | News
LEWISBURG — Contact tracing has ended in the Lewisburg School District, but not for immunocompromised students by a unanimous board...
North Carolina recommends end to school contact tracing
Updated policies from NCDHHS on Thursday changed guidelines for contract research and quarantine, but did not change masking in the...
North Carolina relaxes COVID school quarantine and contact tracing rules
North Carolina health officials are changing COVID-19 guidelines to reduce the number of healthy students and teachers who must stay...
NU teachers create their own contact tracing systems to keep COVID-19 safe in the classroom North West teachers create COVID-19 contact tracing systems
Some North West professors have created their own contact tracing systems to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in their classrooms...
Loyola officials explain decision to halt contact tracing
By Eisha ShahUpdated Feb 8, 2022 10:09 PM CTPosted February 9, 2022 7:00 CTDespite student concerns and the Centers for...
Operational changes to UIC contact tracing
During the winter holiday season, the highly transmissible variant of omicron contributed to an increase in new cases and positivity...
AZ, other states are changing their approach to COVID contact tracing
The numbers are dropping, but more than 6,000 Arizonans a day are still testing positive for COVID-19. And if you...
Mask mandates, contact tracing disappear, as states move to new phase
The governors of Connecticut and Delaware, as well as the Oregon Department of Health, also announced Monday that students may...
VDH stops contact tracing for every patient as cases are now ‘insurmountable’ | News
By Eric Kolenich/Richmond Times-Dispatch The Virginia Department of Health will halt contact tracing for every COVID-19 patient, acknowledging that it...
Automated high-risk notification coming to ACT’s contact tracing app
The Australian Capital Territory government is working to introduce a new feature on its contact tracing app that automatically alerts...
Education directors weigh in on managing contact tracing in schools
The Saskatchewan government has pivoted its approach to the fight against COVID-19, and new rules around isolation have had a...
Government-backed study finds Australia’s COVIDSafe app ineffective for contact tracing
Government-backed research has found Australia's national contract tracking app to be unnecessary and ineffective for the country's response to the...
UCPS ending quarantine, contact tracing requirements
An updated policy on COVID-19 protocols for schools in the district goes into effect Feb. 7. UNION COUNTY, NC –...
‘It’s a perfect storm’: IU contact tracing faces surge in COVID-19 cases
On Thursday, January 13, UI senior Peyton Conner's home COVID-19 test was negative. The next day she had a sore...
Contact Tracing Application Market 2022 | By top providers like Apple, Google – Cleveland Sports Zone
Contact Tracing Apps Market: Overview The Global Contact-Tracing App Market report provides insights into the global industry including valuable...
How Oregon’s K-12 School Contact Tracing and Quarantine Protocols Work
On Tuesday, Oregon health and education officials urged schools to continue measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including indoor...
Despite loosening state rules, schools continue contact tracing
Contact tracing isn't going away from schools anytime soon despite the state's easing of rules.After the state health department halted...
How trustworthy are COVIDWISE and other COVID-19 contact tracing apps?
BLACKSBURG, Va. – Smartphone apps track a lot of data to provide users with the best experience.During the COVID-19 pandemic,...
“Probably a waste” or “still useful?” Pennsylvania continues contact tracing as other states phase it out
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — On a day when Maine became the latest state to drop contact tracing, the Pennsylvania Department...
Maine CDC ends contact tracing for COVID-19 during omicron wave
Maine is ending its COVID-19 contact tracing program Tuesday because the now-dominant omicron variant renders the program ineffective, health officials...
Maine CDC to end COVID-19 contact tracing
The Maine CDC is ending COVID-19 contact tracing for the general public beginning February 8. Officials say the decision is...
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Union County School Board votes to end COVID-19 contact tracing and quarantine requirements
UNION COUNTY, NC (WBTV) – The Union County School Board has voted to end contact tracing and quarantine requirements related...
Optional Contact Tracing at Arkansas Schools
"It's really scary that people just send kids to school knowing they've been exposed," one parent said. LITTLE ROCK, Ark....
Do contact tracing apps follow me? Not at all, say Virginia Tech researchers | VTX
We masked, we vaccinated, we reinforced – but are we underutilizing the technology that could contain the pandemic because we...
Contact tracing on the bus is still incredibly important
Contact tracing is a public health and safety practice of tracking a pathogen as it spreads from person to person....
COVID contact tracing no longer seen as an effective strategy – BG Independent News
By JAN LARSON McLAUGHLIN BG Independent News A shift in COVID strategy is replacing much of contact tracing with personal...
Classroom contact tracing signal change canceled – Grand Valley Lanthorn
Grand Valley State University announced it has halted classroom contact tracing, a COVID-19 mitigation strategy that alerts people to potential...
Contact tracing – Coronavirus
Context of case investigations and contact tracing Case investigations and contact tracing are reliable public health tools used to prevent...
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Contact tracing in the BRHD being transitioned
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – Some school districts have decided to halt contact tracing all together. The Blue Ridge Health District...
New York, Michigan and Ohio end contact tracing
Many of the largest US states have officially ended their contact tracing programs as part of a coordinated national policy...
Starting Monday, optional masks for all students and no more contact tracing in the Loveland City School District
by David Miller Loveland, Ohio – Beginning Monday, schools in Loveland City will implement a “mask optional” policy for all...
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Contact tracing has not defeated COVID-19. Here’s how it could.
Contact tracing from North Carolina's cellphone app, SlowCOVIDNC, is shown Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, in Charlotte, North Carolina (AP Photo/Chris...
LCPH switches to automated contact tracing notifications
Starting Monday, Jan. 31, Lewis and Clark Public Health (LCPH) will transition to automated contact tracing, using SMS text messaging...
Contact tracing plummets as coronavirus evolves and vaccinations increase
States across the country are reducing their contact tracing efforts, often focusing on vulnerable communities and relying more on Americans...
Coronavirus contact tracing declines at MSU | News, Sports, Jobs
Shalom Baer Gee/DND Louange Okunbor, left, and Wardah Husain, right, sit on the Student Government Association office...
Contact tracing has not defeated Covid. Here’s how it could.
Comment this storyCommentRemember contact tracing? At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, it was considered the first line of defense...
Contact tracing may look different since the start of the pandemic, but it’s still useful: NPR
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Lorna Thorpe, director of epidemiology at New York University's Grossman School of Medicine, about the...
ODH ends universal COVID-19 contact tracing in schools
The new state policy requires investigation and contact tracing only for localized clusters or outbreaks. CLEVELAND — The Ohio Department...
$457 to stop contact tracing in schools and classrooms – Garden City Telegram
BY MEGHAN FLYNN Garden City Telegram The $457 school board approved adjustments to the district's COVID-19 response plan at a...
Wisconsin schools reduced contact tracing in record number of COVID-19 cases
When a student or teacher tests positive for COVID-19, the best practice, according to state and federal health officials, is...
Ohio Department of Health tells schools to scrap universal contact tracing for ‘more targeted approach’
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Health is no longer requiring K-12 schools and local health departments to contact...
Manitoba child care centers no longer required to do contact tracing starting Friday
Manitoba child care centers will no longer be required to notify public health of all positive cases or identify close...
Acadly for contact tracing | UIC today
Acadly is now available to make contact tracing easier for instructors and students. Acadly can record on-campus and hybrid course...
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