Pennsylvania’s director of COVID testing and contact tracing says the state is revamping some of their policies for how they plan to do contact tracing.
Michael Huff spoke at a press conference earlier this week and said tracers will be focusing on the most recent positive cases of COVID.
“We prioritize case investigation interviews for people diagnosed with COVID-19 in the past six days and this is based on specimen collection date or symptom onset if we know it.”
Huff also says that as case counts grow, tracers will have to be more selective about their investigations.
“As the burden of COVID-19 worsens in an area, and the capacity to investigate new cases in a timely manner becomes more difficult or infeasible, the health department will prioritize which case to investigate and contacts to trace, as well as emphasize broader community mitigation messages.”
Huff says that includes people who work in nursing homes and congregate settings. He also encourages people to download the COVID Alert PA app.
