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National Guard now calling coronavirus patients, conducting contact tracing
More than 60 members of the Washington National Guard are now contacting coronavirus patients and anyone they may have recently interacted with.
"This is a new type of mission," said Gov. Jay Inslee, who has assigned more than 700 guardsmen to be trained to help the state reach out to those who may have been exposed.
Wednesday morning, Inslee toured the Department of Health office space that the National Guard members are using as a call center.
According to a National Guard spokesperson, over the past week, guardsmen have contacted 340 people: either patients or those they were in contact with before their diagnosis.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/national-guard-now-calling-coronavirus-patients-conducting-contact-tracing/ar-BB14qN19
