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COVID-19: Athens County Health Dept. Is Preparing For the Fall Semester
By: Claudia Cisneros
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The annual August ritual of Ohio University students returning to Athens has a different impact during this COVID-19 pandemic. The university will start fall semester with approximately… Read More
Coronavirus Cases Are Surging. The Contact Tracing Workforce Is Not
By: Selena Simmons-Duffin | NPR
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NPR surveyed all 50 states about their contact tracing work. The workforce has barely grown since mid-June, while cases have skyrocketed.
Senate Rejects Proposal To Require Written Consent For Contact Tracing
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A proposal from the Ohio House that would require people with COVID-19 give consent to contact tracing in writing has been rejected by the Senate. That sends… Read More
WATCH: ‘Massive Numbers of People’ Needed to do Contact Tracing
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — State governments across the country are hiring thousands of people as contact tracers to track the spread of COVID-19 and to help bring it under control…. Read More
How Contact Tracing Works and How it Can Help Reopen the Country
By: Selena Simmons-Duffin | NPR
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It’s a technique widely used in other countries to slow the spread of infection. Here’s how contact tracing works — and how it can help the U.S. start to get back to normal.