Do contact tracing apps have a future?
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Harrisburg school district makes masks optional, stops contact tracing
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Masks will be optional for schools, district buildings and buses in the Harrisburg School District starting...
Spring break advice from UIC contact tracing
While the 2021-2022 holiday season brought the highest number of COVID-19 cases to Chicago and UIC since the pandemic began,...
FRIDAY UPDATES: Columbia Public Schools Amend Contact Tracing and Exposure Protocols Starting Monday
On Monday, Columbia Public Schools will change how they track people who come into contact with COVID-19 due to a...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
$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...
‘Completely out of control’ – teachers on quarantine rules and contact tracing
Schools and parents are struggling to keep up with new quarantine and contact tracing rules, with teachers saying the situation...
Sarasota schools end COVID-19 contact tracing for students
Students in Sarasota County schools will no longer be subject to an individual contact tracing process for COVID-19, beginning Monday,...
Pennsylvania Department of Health Contact Tracing 1 in 10 COVID-19 Infections | Health
The spike in COVID-19 infections in Pennsylvania has prevented state investigators from contacting all positive cases, reflecting an evolving reality...
“Local Control”: How the End of COVID Contact Tracing Affects Cayuga County Schools | Local News | Auburn, NY | Auburnpub.com
A meeting between superintendents of Cayuga County schools and the health department led to a change in how COVID-19 contact...
Mecklenburg County Reduces COVID Contact Tracing | WFAE 90.7
The Mecklenburg County Health Department has reduced its contact tracing for COVID-19.Now, if residents test positive for COVID-19 in the...
Covid: Contact tracing difficult amid rising cases | Jaipur News
Jaipur: Amid escalating Covid cases, the task of contact tracing for the rapid response team has become difficult in the...
Ministry of Health ends contact tracing
Todd PittengerJanuary 15, 2022 An overwhelming caseload prompts the Saline County Health Department to halt contact tracing for COVID-19 cases....
Maine school districts handle omicron surge, relaxed contact tracing advice
There has been a 30% increase over the past week in the number of positive COVID-19 cases in Maine schools....
Coronavirus in Oregon: 8,672 new cases as state limits contact tracing in schools
The Oregon Health Authority on Friday announced 13 new COVID-19-related deaths and 8,672 new cases, slashing contact tracing requirements for...
OHA revises school’s COVID-19 contact tracing recommendations, reduces reporting requirements
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Health Authority announced Friday that it will release new COVID-19 contact tracing and notification...
Oneida County to Stop Contact Tracing Due to Increase in Daily COVID-19 Cases
Oneida County joins with Herkimer County in ending contact tracing for positive local COVID-19 cases. Oneida County Director Anthony Picente...
Teachers’ union denounces state abandonment of contact tracing and testing in schools
Christine Soychak, who works at the local high school, performs a rapid covid-19 antigen test on a student in the...
Indonesia urged to step up contact tracing to control spread of Omicron
If local transmission continues to occur, it may contribute to an increase in COVID-19 cases Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia must...
Contact search overwhelmed on pause | Columbia County
HUDSON - The surge in COVID-19 cases means you may not receive calls from contact tracers, but you may need...
Hospitalizations soar as CT schools pivot on contact tracing
CONNECTICUT - Daily coronavirus positivity rate fell 1.25% overnight after peaking in eight months on Tuesday, but the number of...
Yogyakarta Steps Up Contact Tracing Amid Omicron Threat
Tracing and testing will be extended Yogyakarta (ANTARA) - The municipal government of Yogyakarta has taken several precautionary measures against...
Man takes charge of contact tracing as government stops sharing low-risk exposure sites
A Riverland resident who tested positive for COVID-19 took charge of contact tracing by posting his locations and times of...
The raps look against the hotel but contact tracing is a priority —Maire Binay GMA News Online
The Makati city government is set to file a lawsuit against the hotel where a Filipino traveler returning from the...
COVID-19: Adaptation of the Contact Tracing procedure to facilitate contact tracing
Faced with the strong growth of new COVID-19 infections, the Contact Tracing unit of the Health Inspectorate has adapted its...
Too many new cases of COVID-19 to trace contacts
The Putnam County Health Department announced Thursday that the number of new COVID-19 cases in the county has made it...
COVID alert: Canada’s contact tracing app still active
Canada's COVID-19 exposure notification application is still operational, although it is rarely used in conjunction with positive tests and a...
Tasmania’s COVID Contact Tracing Process Set to Be Shaken | Avocado
coronavirus, covid, tasmania, coronavirusThe list of exhibition sites in Tasmania is about to be rocked with the list of casual...
With the increase in cases and new contact tracing policies, what has happened to the COVID Alert app?
A Health Canada spokesperson told CityNews that nearly 3.1 million phones across Canada were running the app during the month...
Contact tracing completed as Jamaica registers first Omicron case
Health Minister Tufton confirms first case of Omicron in Jamaica Jamaica confirmed its first case of the Omicron variant on...
