COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing in New York City, June 1, 2020, to October 31, 2021.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Contact tracing is a core strategy for preventing the spread of many infectious diseases of public health concern. Better understanding of the outcomes of contact tracing for COVID-19 as well as the operational opportunities and challenges in establishing a program for a jurisdiction as large as New York City (NYC) is important for the evaluation of this strategy.

Objective

To describe the establishment, scaling, and maintenance of Trace, NYC's contact tracing program, and share data on outcomes during its first 17 months.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study included people with laboratory test-confirmed and probable COVID-19 and their contacts in NYC between June 1, 2020, and October 31, 2021. Trace launched on June 1, 2020, and ha

SUBMITTER: Blaney K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9631107 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature