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Aug 2020
10m 6s

The State of Contact Tracing

CNN
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Public health experts estimate the United States needs 100,000 to 300,000 contact tracers for Covid-19. But we're still far from that number. CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta looks into the status of contact tracing in the country today, and the challenges that lie ahead. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/ ... Show More
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