/tags/contact-tracing Contact Tracing en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Mon, 16 Nov 2020 23:54:40 GMT /health-science-environment/2020-11-16/st-louis-county-sets-record-for-coronavirus-cases-asks-patients-to-do-contact-tracing St. Louis County is asking residents who test positive for the coronavirus to call people they may have come into contact with. Public health employees have become overwhelmed by new cases, County Executive Sam Page said Monday. Mon, 16 Nov 2020 23:54:40 GMT /health-science-environment/2020-11-16/st-louis-county-sets-record-for-coronavirus-cases-asks-patients-to-do-contact-tracing Sarah Fentem /health-science-environment/2020-10-06/st-louis-contact-tracers-confront-a-lack-of-trust-when-working-as-disease-detectives Contact tracers track down and tell potentially infectious people to isolate themselves to keep others from getting sick with the coronavirus. But the effort takes more than a phone and a list of names to be successful. Tue, 06 Oct 2020 10:12:14 GMT /health-science-environment/2020-10-06/st-louis-contact-tracers-confront-a-lack-of-trust-when-working-as-disease-detectives Sarah Fentem /education/2020-09-03/school-districts-play-key-role-in-tracking-the-coronavirus Health departments in the St. Louis region are counting on school districts to track how the coronavirus is spreading within their hallways. In some districts, teachers and school bus drivers will keep detailed seating charts and daily logs of students’ activities. Thu, 03 Sep 2020 10:19:59 GMT /education/2020-09-03/school-districts-play-key-role-in-tracking-the-coronavirus Kayla Drake /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-06-01/how-st-louis-plans-to-conduct-contact-tracing-hire-more-workers St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson has announced a plan to distribute $64 million in federal aid intended to bolster the city’s response to the coronavirus. The… Mon, 01 Jun 2020 21:39:40 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-06-01/how-st-louis-plans-to-conduct-contact-tracing-hire-more-workers Alex Heuer /2020-05-27/pritzker-announces-east-st-louis-contact-tracing-partnership-addresses-casino-reopening Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a health organization in East St. Louis will lend its help to the state's COVID-19 contact tracing initiative.... Thu, 28 May 2020 02:02:59 GMT /2020-05-27/pritzker-announces-east-st-louis-contact-tracing-partnership-addresses-casino-reopening Mike Smith /2020-05-18/expanded-illinois-contact-tracing-program-takes-shape-pritzker-defends-executive-order-enforcement Two county health departments are trialing a new “tech-based” approach to COVID-19 contact tracing. Meanwhile, Governor J.B. Pritzker Monday defended... Mon, 18 May 2020 23:49:06 GMT /2020-05-18/expanded-illinois-contact-tracing-program-takes-shape-pritzker-defends-executive-order-enforcement Sam Dunklau /2020-05-01/illinois-to-expand-contact-tracing-efforts Governor J.B. Pritzker announced Illinois will start expanding contact tracing efforts designed to help map the spread of COVID-19. Fri, 01 May 2020 23:43:15 GMT /2020-05-01/illinois-to-expand-contact-tracing-efforts Mike Smith