Philadelphia Officials Working On Plan For Contact Tracing Of COVID-19 Cases

Matt Petrillo reports.

EXACTLY THOSE SURGERIES.REPORTING LIVE CLEVE BRYAN,CBS 3, "EYEWITNESS NEWS."PHILADELPHIA IS LOOKINGTOWARD THE FUTURE AS THEBATTLE AGAINST COVID-19CONTINUES.HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE WORKINGON A PLAN FOR CONTACT TRACINGOF COVID-19 CASES THE CITYMAKING PROS REST TOWARD THEGOAL OF RE-OPENING SAFELYALTHOUGH THE DEATH TOLL ISSTILL CLIMBING.I DO HAVE BAD NEWS TOREPORT TODAY UNFORTUNATELY --PHILADELPHIA HEALTHOFFICIALS REPORT THE LARGESTNUMBER OF COVID-19 DEATHS IN ASINGLE DAY.WE HAVE 78 NEW DEATHS, I'LLEXPLAIN WHY BECAUSE THE LARGENUMBER IN ONE DAY, THAT CAMEMOSTLY FROM OUR MATCHING TWODIFFERENT DATA BASIS.WE HAVE A DATA BASE OF CASESREPORTED TO US, PEOPLE WITHCONFIRMED CORONAVIRUS TEST,AND THEN WE HAVE DEATHCERTIFICATES, MEME DIED.SO MUCH OF THIS APPEARS INPEOPLE WHO ARE REPORTEDPOSITIVE,.DESPITE THE DAY'S DEATHTOLL CITY CONTINUES TO SEEDOWNWARD SPY RAT AND POSITIVECORONAVIRUS CASES.HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY PROGRESSIS BEING MADE IN THE FIGHTAGAINST THIS PANDEMIC, WORKCONTINUES NOW, THE HIGHERCONTACT TRACERS WHO HELP TOMITIGATE THE SPREAD OF THEVIRUS.CONTRACT TRACE SOMETHINGTHE INTERVIEWING PEOPLE WHOHAVE THE INFECTION, WHOABSOLUTELY MIGHT HAVE BEENCLOSE TO.THEY NEED TO GO INTOQUARANTINE, SO THEY DON'TSPREAD THE INFECTION ANYFURTHER.SET NUMBER OF HIRES HASN'TBEEN ESTABLISHED AND WILLDEPENDS ON THE BUDGET HE WILLBUT HEALTH EXPERTS SAY THEROLE WILL BE CRITICAL ONCE THECASES PER DAY WILL BE MANAGEJOB LOOKING FOR INTERPERSONALSKILLS, WHAT PEOPLE FEARS,CONCERNS, GIVEN AT PREPARE REAT INFORMATION.WHILE THE CITY FAR FROM THESTATE'S RECOMMENDED CRITERIA55 CASES PER DAY, FORRE-OPENING, EVEN WHEN THATGOAL IS REACHED, ESTABLISHINGCONFIDENCE IN THE COMMUNITYWILL CONTINUE TO BE APRIORITY.IF WE GET TO THE POINT OFOPENING, IN THE SOUTHEASTREGION, PEOPLE STILL HAVE TOFEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH ANDSAFE ENOUGH TO GO OUT TO ARESTAURANT, GO OUT TO RETAILOUTLET OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TOFEEL SAFE GOING OUT AND DOINGTHE THINGS THEY USED TO DO IN