Contact Tracers

• B.C. assistant contact tracer calls COVID patient to check on her, ends up saving her life

  Nake Bhupal, an assistant contract tracer, was assigned to call a person who had tested positive for COVID-19 in the Fraser Health region.

  Health

  Jun 11, 2021
  
• AHS actively recruiting more contact tracers as COVID-19 cases in Alberta climb

  Alberta currently has about 800 contact tracers -- including full time, part time, redeployed and casual staff -- and it wants to hire more.

  Health

  Oct 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.

  Health

  Oct 6, 2020
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• How does COVID-19 contact tracing work? Alberta doctor explains

  When 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.

  Canada

  Apr 22, 2020