Contact Tracing

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.