New York Launches Mass Coronavirus Detection Campaign
'01.05.2020'
Vita Popova
Contact tracking systems are a critical step to begin to ease restrictions and re-open the New York economy. This was announced by State Governor Andrew Cuomo. The publication shares the details Forbes.
Contact Tracking Systems
The number of hospital admissions and deaths from coronavirus in New York continues to decline. Therefore, the authorities plan to hire thousands of specialists to search for persons in contact with carriers of coronavirus. This was announced on Thursday, April 30, at the press conference by State Governor Andrew Cuomo.
According to Cuomo, it is planned to hire from 6 to 400 people.
Contact tracking systems are one of the most important steps to begin to ease restrictions and re-open the New York economy. It is being developed in partnership with former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who pledged $ 10 million to finance it, and Johns Hopkins University.
Cuomo said New York is creating a contact tracing script to share with New Jersey and Connecticut.
To become a specialist in identifying people who have contacted patients, you need to undergo training and pass an online exam, the governor explained.
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Tracking contacts will consist of three stages: after a person passes a positive test, they will conduct a conversation with him to identify the circle of people with whom he has contacted recently. Identified individuals will be isolated for 14 days.
New York alone is hiring 1000 of these with a medical degree, said Mayor Bill de Blasio, who joined the Cuomo press conference via video link.
The CDC directives say who is considered potentially infected with COVID-19: a person who “was within 6 feet (1,8 meters - Ed.) Of an infected person for at least 30 minutes, from 48 hours to the onset of the disease until the patient’s isolation. "
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The number of infected and victims COVID-19
As of Wednesday, April 29, 4 New Yorkers have tested positive for coronavirus. “This is not rocket science - doing contact tracing on a case-by-case basis, the problem is scale,” Cuomo said.
New York suffered the most from coronavirus in the USA. As of April 30, more than 305 thousand infections were confirmed, more than 23 thousand New Yorkers died. At the same time, hospitalization and death rates continue to decline.
