The Bay

The Mad Dash to Hire 20,000 Contact Tracers in California


Listen Later

Lisa Fagundes is a San Francisco librarian who also helps track and prevent the spread of COVID-19. As more Bay Area residents leave their homes, the state is hiring thousands of people like Lisa to contact people who have tested positive for the virus. Health officials expect the work of contact tracers to become increasingly important as shelter-in-place orders loosen and mass protests continue.

Guest: April Dembosky, KQED health correspondent

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The BayBy KQED

  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7

4.7

430 ratings


More shows like The Bay

View all
Fresh Air by NPR

Fresh Air

38,475 Listeners

Planet Money by NPR

Planet Money

30,756 Listeners

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! by NPR

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

38,812 Listeners

KQED's Forum by KQED

KQED's Forum

721 Listeners

KQED's The California Report by KQED

KQED's The California Report

398 Listeners

Close All Tabs by KQED

Close All Tabs

98 Listeners

Code Switch by NPR

Code Switch

14,628 Listeners

Bay Curious by KQED

Bay Curious

1,061 Listeners

East Bay Yesterday by East Bay Yesterday

East Bay Yesterday

440 Listeners

The Latest from KQED by KQED

The Latest from KQED

79 Listeners

Up First from NPR by NPR

Up First from NPR

56,595 Listeners

The Indicator from Planet Money by NPR

The Indicator from Planet Money

9,539 Listeners

Political Breakdown by KQED

Political Breakdown

188 Listeners

The California Report Magazine by KQED

The California Report Magazine

131 Listeners

Throughline by NPR

Throughline

16,364 Listeners

Truth Be Told: Time to Thrive by American Public Media

Truth Be Told: Time to Thrive

1,507 Listeners

KQED Newscast by KQED News

KQED Newscast

30 Listeners

Short Wave by NPR

Short Wave

6,553 Listeners

Consider This from NPR by NPR

Consider This from NPR

6,401 Listeners

Sources & Methods by NPR

Sources & Methods

793 Listeners