Pa. health chief says state is ‘doing well’ on contact tracing as counties reopen. But others fear we’re lagging

Elizabeth Hardison of Pennsylvania Capital Star - Since April 20, they’ve contacted 433 people in the 24 counties in north-central and northwestern counties that began to reopen last week. Even though those areas have logged relatively few cases in recent weeks, “those numbers seem really low” to Edward Salsberg, who directs the Institute for Health Workforce Equity at the George Washington University School of Public Health. A team of researchers Salsberg leads estimates that the 24 counties that reopened last week require a combined workforce of more than 250 contact tracers, based on their populations and recent case counts. Read full article.