When states decide to reopen businesses and attempt to resume normalcy, locating individuals who have been in close contact with a COVID-19 patient is paramount to slowing the spread of this disease. According to the Pew Charitable Trusts, however, many states are not fully prepared to conduct a contact tracing program.
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