COVID-19 Contact Tracing

• ‘Not sustainable’: Vernon, B.C. parents told school contact tracing won’t continue

  The province says changes are coming to the way it communicates about COVID in schools B.C.-wide, but it has not confirmed how it plans to handle contact tracing.

  Education

  Jan 6, 2022
  
• KFL&A Public Health discards COVID-19 contact tracing for individuals, businesses

  The health unit says these changes are consistent with provincial changes being made.

  Health

  Dec 16, 2021
  
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• Calgary announces new CEMA chief Susan Henry

  Former deputy Susan Henry is CEMA's new chief. "We got the very best person in the world," Mayor Nenshi said of the decision he wasn't involved with.

  Canada

  Nov 27, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Alberta to address contact tracing delays with new online portal

  A new online portal for positive COVID-19 cases has been launched to identify close contacts, and more contact tracers are being hired, AHS said.

  Health

  Nov 12, 2020
• Rise in COVID-19 cases, contacts slowing down contact tracing in Alberta

  The time it takes to contact trace one positive case of COVID-19 in Alberta is on the rise.

  Health

  Jul 24, 2020
• Coronavirus tracing app not yet OK’d by privacy watchdog, but outside experts give thumbs up

  The app, announced Thursday by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, will be beta tested in Ontario starting on July 2 and is expected to launch nationally soon after.

  Health

  Jun 18, 2020
• Coronavirus contact-tracing app to launch nationally in early July, Trudeau says

  The prime minister said the app, which will be tested in Ontario, will notify users if they've been exposed to COVID-19 and its use will be 'completely voluntary."

  Health

  Jun 18, 2020
• Ontario delays allowing bubble families, larger gatherings as coronavirus cases rise

  Canada's most populous province, one of the hardest hit in the pandemic, had been contemplating letting more than one family to link up in so-called "bubbles" and allowing gatherings of more than five people.

  Health

  May 25, 2020
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• What is coronavirus contact tracing and how important is it as Canada reopens?

  “That’s how you shut down an epidemic, you shut down transmission from one person to the next.”

  Canada

  May 22, 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