Contact Tracing

The arrival of the omicron variant of the coronavirus has health officials in some U.S. communities reviving contact tracing operations in an attempt to slow and understand its spread.

Health investigators across the U.S. are finding it nearly impossible to keep up with the deluge of new COVID-19 infections and carry out contact tracing efforts that were once seen as a pillar of the nation’s pandemic response.

As COVID case numbers continue to rise, contact tracers across the state are busy again.

The Meriden Health and Human Services Department and the Meriden Police Department said members of the general public are receiving calls from scammers posing as COVID-19 contact tracers and they are requesting private information, such as financial information and social security numbers. Meriden officials said contact tracers will ask for medical symptoms and about anyone with whom you’ve had...

A group of UConn students is doing contact tracing work in the state, calling those who have recently tested positive for COVID-19.

Slowing the spread of the coronavirus is the goal of hundreds of contact tracers in the state. They’re also there to help provide support for those who have just tested positive. And college students are playing a big role. “It’s really important to connect to people,” said Nathalie Adams, a UConn graduate student. Adams is among a group of...

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, the state is heavily relying on COVID-19 contact tracing centers to make connections. But what is it like working in an operation centered around contact tracing? Carly Matasavage leads a team of more than 50 in the Waterbury COVID-19 contact tracing call center. A seven-day operation, the staff works to find and contact those…

Contact tracers in Waterbury not only work to control the spread of the coronavirus, but also strive to meet the needs of those who have been diagnosed with the virus.

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

Officials say 660,000 Connecticut residents have signed up to receive alerts when someone they were close to tests positive for COVID-19, but logging a positive case doesn’t happen immediately. “We’re coming up on about 20% of the entire population of the state has activated this, which gives us more than the critical mass we need for this to be effective…

The state’s chief operating officer explains how the contract tracing works in Connecticut and how the early sign ups for the state’s contact tracing app are just a start.

Contact tracing has gone hi-tech and now fits directly in the palm of your hand. A tracing application began popping up on people’s personal devices this week. Alerting people to the new app, many people were prompted to enable, “exposure notifications.” The new contact tracing app allows phones of those who have opted in, to interact with each other....

COVID Alert CT, the state’s official exposure notification system, is now available for Apple and Android.

COVID-19 exposure notifications from the Connecticut Department of Public Health are now available on your phone. COVID Alert CT, the state’s official exposure notification system, is now available for Apple and Android. Once installed, the app uses Bluetooth to determine if a user’s device moves within six feet of someone who has tested positive for the virus for a...

We check in every morning,” Annaly Khanthaphixay, CCSU Freshman said. Logging in to their campus COVID-19 symptom checker survey has been part of CCSU students’ daily routine since August. “We fill out these two questions and it’s like do you have any symptoms basically and have you come in a contact that you know of,” Brianna Fisher, CCSU Sophomore...

Students at Connecticut State Colleges and Universities are the first to try out a new contact tracing app.

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

Local health districts across Connecticut will be getting money from the CDC to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

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...

Waterbury Arts Magnet School will shift to a remote learning model for the next two days after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19, the district said Monday night. In a letter, Superintendent Dr. Verna Ruffin said the entire school will transition to virtual learning Tuesday and Wednesday. The school building will be cleaned and disinfected while contact tracers inform…