Contact Tracing

Get and Keep America Open: Supporting states, tribes, localities, and territories

Key Concepts

Trace and monitor contacts of infected people. Notify them of their exposure.
Support the quarantine of contacts. Help ensure the safe, sustainable and effective quarantine of contacts to prevent additional transmission.
Expand staffing resources. Contact tracing in the US will require that states, tribes, localities and territorial establish large cadres of contact tracers.
Use digital tools. Adoption and evaluation of digital tools may expand reach and efficacy of contact tracers.