Florida maintains its contact tracing program is adequate, other states expand efforts

1,500 people now working to trace contacts in Fla. items.[0].image.alt Posted at 3:39 PM, Jun 09, 2020 and last updated 3:39 PM, Jun 09, 2020 FLORIDA — During a press conference on May 6 in Miami, Florida Surgeon General Dr. Scott Rivkees described the state’s contact tracing efforts. “This is a way we’re going to actually stop the cycle and transmission from person to person,” he said. Today, as the number of COVID-19 cases is on the rise, Florida Department of Health (FDOH) spokesperson Alberto Moscoso described the state’s contact tracing program as a “vital component of any epidemiological investigation” Moscoso went on to state in an email that the department now employs “more than 1,500 individuals including students, epidemiologists and other staff,” who are working to trace every case of COVID-19 in Florida. One month ago the number was 1,100. RELATED: Florida is contact tracing COVID-19 but sharing few details about it Recent Stories from abcactionnews.com National experts advise the state should have 30 contact tracers for every 100,000 people. Under that equation, Florida would be 5,000 contact tracers short.