Meredith Lackey - CalMatters

As California strains to contain a summertime surge in coronavirus cases, experts say thorough contact tracing is vital but increasingly difficult.

COVID contact tracers: Inside the work of California’s disease detectives

by Meredith Lackey July 23, 2020September 29, 2021

What’s it like to try to track the spread of a coronavirus outbreak? CalMatters goes inside the world of Los Angeles County’s busy contact tracers.

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