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What is contact tracing?

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Thomas McKinless
Posted June 12, 2020 at 9:40am

As concerns of a second wave of the coronavirus increase amid businesses reopening and nationwide protests, CQ Roll Call health care reporter Mary Ellen McIntire takes a look at one tool states have for mitigating the continued spread of COVID-19: contact tracing.

[ Also watch: Minority-owned businesses struggling as PG County reopens ]

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