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How to Become a Contact Tracer

During an unprecedented rise in unemployment, there is increasing demand for one job: contact tracers. Part of the Centers for Disease Control’s multipronged response to  the COVID-19 pandemic, contact tracing involves calling people with suspected and confirmed infections and keeping a record of anyone they may have come in close contact with during the period when they were most contagious. 

According to a survey conducted by NPR on May 7, states currently have plans to hire approximately 61,000 contact tracers—a figure that nearly doubled in the 10 days since the same survey was first conducted at the end of April. Now, the New York Times estimates that between 100,000 and 300,000 contact tracers will be required nationwide. So what does it take to become a contact tracer, how much does it pay and who can apply? Here’s what you need to know.

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