CDC awarding CARES funds to expand surveillance, testing, contact tracing

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will award in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act funding to help public health agencies expand surveillance, testing and contact tracing to identify COVID-19 cases, protect vulnerable populations, and work with health care systems to manage and monitor their capacity. "The ability to implement aggressive contact tracing, surveillance and testing will be fundamental to protecting vulnerable populations as the nation takes steps to reopen and Americans begin returning to their daily lives," said CDC Director Robert Redfield, M.D.
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