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How contact tracing slows the spread — and why getting Montana back to work requires more of it

Contact tracing

Adam woke up with a fever on the morning of Tuesday Feb. 25. His body ached and his sheets were soaked with sweat. He called in sick to work, and his girlfriend drove him to the viral triage clinic at Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital.

There, nurses asked about his symptoms and, because he didn’t meet testing criteria for COVID-19, they swabbed him for the flu. A doctor called when his flu test came back negative later that day.

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CBS Sunday Morning – Google and Apple collaborating – On the trail of COVID-19: Contact tracing the virus

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Montana among the first – Computer modelers estimate how much longer coronavirus shutdowns should last

Based on the current projections from UW’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, four states — Montana, Vermont, West Virginia and Hawaii — could loosen their restrictions as early as the week of May 4. Other states, ranging from Massachusetts and North Dakota to Arizona, may have to wait until the week of June 8 or later.

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