"Two local states are poised to hire at least 1,200 people to assist with contact tracing to assist with detecting and stopping new virus clusters before they get out of control.
The goal of these roles is to used investigators to contact people who test positive, track down their contacts and get them into quarantine before they can spread the virus.
Gov. Phil Murphy says New Jersey will be more than doubling the number of public health professionals currently tracing COVID-19 cases.
Murphy said Tuesday during a news conference that New Jersey will hire at least 1,000 people, creating a Community Contact Tracing Corps and supplementing the roughly 800 to 900 mostly county health officials who are currently tracing contacts among coronavirus-positive residents.
In Delaware, Gov. John Carney announced plans Tuesday to make approximately 200 hires for contact tracers and support staff. Applications for these and other associated positions will be posted at de.gov/coronavirus in the coming weeks. Delaware plans to test up to 80,000 citizens monthly for COVID-19. Expanded testing and contact tracing efforts are key to reopening the First State's economy under guidance from the White House and the CDC."
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