'For all of us, it's one small step in how we can return to life.'
plans to hire to help amid the COVID-19 outbreak in the state. It's also free, online and available to the general public.MORE: Pass this course and work as a contact tracer
Epidemiology Professor Emily Gurley of the Bloomberg School of Public Health works from home during the Covid-19 pandemic shutdown. Dr. Gurley is training students and colleagues to do contact tracing work with the Baltimore City Health Department."It's clear to me that this is more than a course," said Emily Gurley, the course's instructor and an associate scientist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
and to identify anyone else they've come into contact with and potentially exposed to the disease. The contact tracer reaches out to individuals who've been exposed and advises them to quarantine for 14 days.
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