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In Tennessee, don’t expect any more COVID contact tracing calls — for now

Blake Farmer

February 11, 2022

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The state is winding down its increasingly futile attempts to investigate positive COVID cases and alert those who’ve been exposed, which means Tennesseans are pretty much on their own with contact tracing at this point.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: contact tracing, Coronavirus In Tennessee, COVID-19, Leslie Waller, Lisa Piercey, Metro Public Health, Tennessee Department of Health

Nashville To Provide Hotel Rooms And Cash In Effort To Halt Coronavirus Hotspots In Immigrant Communities

Blake Farmer

July 1, 2020

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Nashville’s health department is focusing its coronavirus response on hot spots among immigrant communities in Antioch and Madison. A key part of a new plan described Tuesday will provide hotel rooms to isolate positive patients.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates, Health Care, Race & Equity Tagged With: Antioch, Coronavirus In Tennessee, immigrants, Leslie Waller

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