CDC director says America is ready to begin reopening but warns that we need to have enhanced contact tracing and rapid testing in place before flu season
Over the weekend, the CDC released a Speaking to The Hill, Redfield said that community-based transmission that "overwhelmed the public health departments in late February, March, and April" was decreasing.
"CDC is putting out guidance," Redfield said. "I want to clarify that the community-based transmission, the community to community transmission that overwhelmed the public health departments in late February, March, April — that's really coming down." "In the fall/winter, we're going to need a much more robust [contact tracing] workforce because we're going to make the mission that we're going to stay in containment," he said. "I believe we're going to get there. The testing has to be readily available, and it's increasing."
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