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"We need to get out ahead of this and do everything we possibly can here in Massachusetts — through and in the aftermath of the surge," said Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, in announcing his state's public health initiative April 3.

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Massachusetts Recruits 1,000 'Contact Tracers' To Battle COVID-19

9:42pm April 13, 2020

by Martha Bebinger

"I know we will succeed somewhat and we will fail somewhat," says one of the plan's chief architects. "We won't be able to find every single person — but we will hopefully prevent a lot of deaths."

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Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, spoke with NPR on Thursday, saying that his agency is working on a plan to safely reopen the United States.

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CDC Director: 'Very Aggressive' Contact Tracing Needed For U.S. To Return To Normal

7:33am April 10, 2020

We're in shutdown mode for now, but what comes next? Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is working on a plan to safely reopen the country.

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Forsyth County Taps Local Resources To Continue Contact Tracing

3:23pm April 06, 2020

Forsyth County is continuing the practice known as contact tracing to limit the spread of COVID-19.

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How South Korea Reined In The Outbreak Without Shutting Everything Down

5:43pm March 26, 2020

by Jason Beaubien

It's one of several places in Asia that did not use draconian lockdown strategies to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Contact tracing is painstaking work which can be even more complicated in large cities like New York City.

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How The Painstaking Work Of Contact Tracing Can Slow The Spread Of An Outbreak

4:29pm March 10, 2020

by Keren Landman

It involves making a very long list and a LOT of phone calls. Disease detection is drudgery but it's vital to public health.

A new apartment complex in Hong Kong, called the Chun Yeung Estate, is being turned into a quarantine center.

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In Age of COVID-19, Hong Kong Innovates To Test And Quarantine Thousands

8:10pm February 23, 2020

by Jason Beaubien

Challenges range from finding room to quarantine cruise ship passengers to tracking down cab drivers who drove suspected cases to a medical center.