Contact Tracers
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B.C. assistant contact tracer calls COVID patient to check on her, ends up saving her lifeNake Bhupal, an assistant contract tracer, was assigned to call a person who had tested positive for COVID-19 in the Fraser Health region.HealthJun 11, 2021
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AHS actively recruiting more contact tracers as COVID-19 cases in Alberta climbAlberta currently has about 800 contact tracers -- including full time, part time, redeployed and casual staff -- and it wants to hire more.HealthOct 27, 2020
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What’s a COVID-19 close contact?When someone tests positive for COVID-19, a contact tracer is assigned to their case by the local public health authority. They ask questions to get an idea of who the infected person has been around.HealthOct 6, 2020
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How does COVID-19 contact tracing work? Alberta doctor explainsWhen someone is diagnosed with COVID-19, an entire team of people gets to work to try to determine who else may be at risk of contracting the virus.CanadaApr 22, 2020
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