Contact tracing slows the spread of COVID-19 by letting people know they may have been exposed to COVID-19 and should monitor their health for signs and symptoms of COVID-19.
Helping people who may have been exposed to COVID-19 get tested. Asking people to self-isolate if they have COVID-19 or self-quarantine if they are a close contact. Delivering COVID-19 community alerts. C-TRAN aims to accomplish these tasks.
If you were around someone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19, someone from the health department may call you.
For COVID-19, a close contact is anyone who spent a total of 15 minutes within six feet of an infected person over the course of a 24-hour period, starting two days before the person had any symptoms.
• Watch for fever, cough, shortness of breath, or other symptoms of COVID-19. Remember, symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to COVID-19.