Massachusetts ends its COVID-19 contact tracing program
Health officials are shifting resources to testing and vaccination outreach as the number of cases and hospitalizations increase.
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Health officials are shifting resources to testing and vaccination outreach as the number of cases and hospitalizations increase.
Local health departments have been advised by the state to only do contact tracing for COVID-19 cases in group settings where infections are more likely to spread rapidly.
Officials say that Massachusetts residents have a better idea of what to do if infected now than at the pandemic's start, reducing the need for contact tracing.
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