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A worker administers a test to a passenger at a drive-through site to collect samples for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic testing in Leesburg, Virginia, May 20, 2020.Kevin Lamarque | ReutersOne of the components of contact tracing programs public health experts deem critical to controlling the Covid-19 outbreak includes finding and testing close contacts of known…

But now, as coronavirus cases are surging in hot spots across the country, the proven strategy’s effectiveness is in doubt: Contact tracing failed to stanch the first wave of coronavirus infections, and today’s far more extensive undertaking will require 100,000 or more trained tracers to delve into strangers’ personal lives and persuade even some without…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption"Becky" - a contract tracer in England - speaks to the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire A contact tracer working on the NHS Test and Trace coronavirus scheme says she has not been asked to speak to anyone since beginning work last week.The clinician told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire…

The coronavirus pandemic has pushed more than 30 million Americans out of the workforce since mid-March. At the same time, it has turned contact tracing, a little-known public health technique, into a big job opportunity in parts of the country.As cities and states reopen their economies, many are quickly ramping up their contact-tracing capacity in…

By Adam Vaughan Some schools have reopened in EnglandGuy Bell/Shutterstock The UK government has been criticised for lifting some coronavirus lockdown restrictions without contact tracing measures fully in place to deal with any resulting covid-19 outbreaks. Lockdown was further relaxed in England on Monday, with groups of up to six able to meet in a…