coronavirus outbreaks are scrambling to bolster their ranks amid a surge of cases and resistance to cooperation from those infected or exposed.With too few trained contact tracers to handle soaring caseloads, one hard-hit Arizona county is relying on National Guard members to pitch in.In Louisiana, people who have tested positive typically wait more than two days to respond to health officials — giving the disease crucial time to spread.
Many tracers are finding it hard to break through suspicion and apathy to convince people that compliance is crucial.Contact tracing — tracking people who test positive and anyone they've come in contact with — was challenging even when stay-at-home orders were in place.