ORLANDO, Fla. – County leaders at the Florida Department of Health said they have been ramping up their contact tracing as people continue to test positive for the coronavirus.
Dr. Anthony Fauci and several U.S. senators made the call on Tuesday for states to increase the practice, in which health investigators reach out to all contacts made by a person who tests positive for the virus to get them tested. "Contact tracing is what we do," said Dr.
Raul Pino with FDOH in Orange County. "It's what we do really the best." Pino said contact tracing begins when a person first tests positive for COVID-19. "Then we will say to you, 'who are the closest people that you worked with between this day and this day?'" he said.