But many people wary of spam calls and phishing scams are not answering calls from unknown numbers, undermining efforts by contact tracers to reach people exposed to Covid-19. "Contact tracing is a critical tool in getting our city back on its feet. Why contact tracing is importantThere's no federal contact tracing program, even though coronavirus cases are rising again in many states. "Contact tracing can still be effective without a 100% contact rate, however 100% is the goal, and the more the public participates, the more effective contact tracing will be," he said. In Columbus, health officials are running a multimedia contact tracing campaign to educate people about their efforts, Newman said.

Source: CNN October 06, 2020 11:27 UTC