N.H. Has Resumed Universal Contact Tracing For New COVID-19 Cases, Officials Say
Emily Quirk, NHPR After scaling back contact tracing efforts last November amid surging cases, New Hampshire’s Department of Health and Human Services says it has resumed investigating all new COVID-19 infections. “We resumed contact tracing all cases on Feb. 2,” DHHS Communications Director Jake Leon wrote in an email. “Cases are still prioritized as before, so cases from high-risk groups take priority, but we are once again reaching out to everyone.” New Hampshire health officials stopped doing universal contact tracing in November, focusing instead on high-risk populations: pe...