
‘Massive numbers of people’ needed to do contact tracing
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‘Massive numbers of people’ needed to do contact tracing
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. The data collected from contact tracing can help researchers better understand how the virus spreads, and what mitigation methods work. ProPublica reporter Caroline Chen joins Hari Sreenivasan with more.
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‘Massive numbers of people’ needed to do contact tracing
Clip: 5/24/2020 | 7m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
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. The data collected from contact tracing can help researchers better understand how the virus spreads, and what mitigation methods work. ProPublica reporter Caroline Chen joins Hari Sreenivasan with more.
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