Director: Mount Rogers Health District changing COVID-19 contact tracing process

The Mount Rogers Health District has changed the way it contact traces for COVID-19 cases.

District Director Dr. Karen Shelton said in a news release Thursday that the change comes due to the increasing and high number of daily cases throughout the district. “Unfortunately, the number of new COVID-19 cases per day has become so high that we are forced to resort to changing our tracing practices,” said Shelton. “We have hired dozens of case investigators and contact tracers, but transmission is too widespread to be able to continue as we have been.” All case investigators and contact tracers will continue to investigate new cases in the district.

Shelton says they will rely on infected individuals to reach out to their contacts and inform them of the need to quarantine. Pertinent information related to isolating, quarantining, and other COVID-19 topics can be found on the Mount Rogers Health District website, which can be found by clicking here.

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