In this Wednesday, May 13, 2020 photo, Meghan Peck works on contact tracing at the Florida Dept. of Health in Miami-Dade County, during the new coronavirus pandemic, in Doral, Fla.

An Update on the NYC COVID Contact Tracing Program

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 25, 2020

Dr. Ted Long, primary care physician and executive director of the Test & Trace Corps, talks about how the city's recently-launched contact tracing program for COVID positive people and their contacts is going and why it's success is essential for reopening safely.

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