contact tracing

Despite promises from Gov. Gavin Newsom to build an “army” of contact tracers to contain the coronavirus pandemic, a new audit says California mustered less than half of the number promised.

An Associated Press analysis finds that new smartphone technology for alerting people about possible exposure to the coronavirus has been slow to catch on

UC San Diego Health officials say their campus COVID-19 contact tracing app has worked so well, their expanding user access to more than just students. Click here for instructions on how to download the app and sign up. Officials credit the app with helping to keep COVID-19 cases below 50 during the first month of classes. The app was originally…

NBC 7’s Jackie Crea shows how the app works.

Across the U.S., people from immigrant, refugee and Black communities are being hired to bridge the cultural divide in the United States and rebuild public confidence in America’s public health system

As schools grapple with ways to safely return to campus, some high school students in Marin County have created an app for coronavirus contact tracing.

In the midst of a pandemic and the highest unemployment rate since the great depression, contact tracing seems to be one of the jobs of the moment.

Contact tracing seems to be one of the jobs of the moment in the midst of a pandemic. NBC 7’s Jackie Crea spoke with a former contact tracer,and shows us how their boots on the ground are filling a pivotal role in containing this pandemic.

The White House says it is in full contact-tracing mode to find out who else was exposed during the president’s recent travels, reports NBC 7 Investigates’ Mari Payton.

No one should have come in person last week to President Donald Trump’s fundraiser at his Bedminster golf club because of the risk of COVID-19 infection, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday. White House officials acknowledged last week they knew of the president’s exposure risk before he traveled to the Garden State for Thursday’s event but allowed it...

The University of Calfornia San Diego is launching a voluntary pilot program that uses smart-phone technology designed to quickly notify participants if they’ve been exposed to COVID-19.

NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado has more details on the new pilot Google-Apple notification technology to help prevent COVID-19 outbreaks.

Only a handful of contact tracers working to slow COVID-19 in 125 communities near Chicago speak Spanish, despite significant Hispanic populations

San Diego County hopes to double the size of its coronavirus contact tracing team in the coming weeks to try to keep up with surging COVID-19 cases. “Our staff just couldn’t keep up,” explained San Diego County Public Health Officer Dr. Wilma Wooten at a news conference on Monday. At the start of the week, there were 522 workers in…

More cases of the coronavirus in San Diego County make the success of contact tracing elusive, reports NBC 7’s Danny Freeman.

Technical roadblocks are slowing the launch of contact-tracing apps stateside. Apple and Google rolled out an exposure notification tool in May to Android and iPhone, making it possible for app developers to use Bluetooth to track when devices come close to each other. But government agencies are facing challenges when it comes to creating the app itself.

San Diego County Public Health officials said Wednesday they are working with tribal lands to investigate positive COVID-19 cases that may be connected to several local casinos.

The county said that, as of Wednesday, no confirmed outbreaks have been linked to the casinos, reports NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda, but the investigations are ongoing.

San Diego County public health authorities reported 332 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday — a new daily high among days of rising case numbers this week.

Since the beginning of May, the San Diego County Health Department has investigated more than 5,000 close contacts of positive COVID-19 cases. That number is expected to grow as businesses begin to reopen and with it, more challenges are expected.