Contact tracing’s new goal: As cases rise, workers shift to educating people By Josh Ellerbrock - jellerbrock@limanews.com Soldiers from the 180th Fighter Wing unit of the Ohio Air National Guard takes a test sample during a pop-up COVID-19 testing site Monday at the University of Northwestern Ohio’s Event Center. The large number of positive tests in the region has changed the mission of contact tracers, pushing them into more of an educational role. Richard Parrish | The Lima News Soldiers from the 180th Fighter Wing unit of the Ohio Air National Guard oversee the testing supplies at a recent pop-up testing site at the University of Northwestern Ohio’s Event Center.