WASHINGTON: "More than two years after launching the COVID-19 contact trace force to help identify people potentially exposed to the coronavirus and slow the spread of disease, the District says it’s winding down operations. The city’s contact tracing team officially closed shop Thursday, according to a statement to WTOP from D.C. Health. Even as the unit is closing shop, the city said its DC CAN digital exposure notification system will remain in place. The digital system sends alerts directly to people’s smartphones if they’ve been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 who also participates in the system. The move comes as the number of coronavirus cases appears to be on the wane.

D.C. Health said the plan to end the trace force was communicated to employees earlier this year and that many of the contact tracers opted to remain in D.C. government positions, including disease-investigation work involving monkeypox at D.C. Health."

https://wtop.com/coronavirus/2022/07/dc-ends-covid-19-contact-tracing-unit/