04-23-2020, 07:39 AM
Gov. Newsom has finally released some details about plans for contact tracing and testing: https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/0...trictions/
This still sounds somewhat vague, but at least they're getting going. I read elsewhere that they want to use current state employees to do at least some of the tracing. That would speed things up initially I imagine, but I suspect they'll have to hire some new people, too.
Quote:At a noon press conference Wednesday, Newsom said 86 additional testing sites would be unveiled around the urban and rural areas across the state, including in areas the governor referred to as “testing deserts.”
The plan is to deploy some 25,000 COVID-19 tests per day by the end of April, an increase in the current 16,000 tests being performed daily. The goal is to eventually administer 60,000-80,000 tests per day.
The governor also said the state would assemble a team of 10,000 contact-tracers to hone in how the virus was spreading, and develop a statewide academy to train that workforce.
This still sounds somewhat vague, but at least they're getting going. I read elsewhere that they want to use current state employees to do at least some of the tracing. That would speed things up initially I imagine, but I suspect they'll have to hire some new people, too.