The Virginia Department of Health encourages all Virginians to respond and engage with legitimate contact tracing calls and emails while remaining vigilant against scams. The Commonwealth employs ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- It's one of the greatest hopes for stopping the spread of coronavirus: contact tracing. Health workers across the state are calling people who were exposed to the virus - and ...

Proving that there’s no situation in which thieves will not rear their greedy heads, agencies across the country are reporting that phone scammers are now pretending to be health department contact ...

Nita is a Santa Monica resident who received an unsettling phone call last week — the caller said that someone diagnosed with COVID-19 had identified her as someone the person had close contact with ...

If you're contacted about possible exposure to the coronavirus, make sure it's legit. Scammers are masquerading as contact tracers, and it’s smart to verify calls or texts before giving out any ...

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MILWAUKEE - Keyonna Selkridge, 37, of Milwaukee, is accused of stealing more than $10,000 from the city, continuing to report hours worked as a temporary COVID "contact tracer" during the pandemic ...

A contact tracer has said there is not enough work for the 25,000 staff recruited by the government for its new coronavirus tracing system. The tracer, who did not want to be named, told Yahoo News UK ...

Earlier this month, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Robert Redfield said county-to-county contact tracing would be an essential component in reopening the country, McClatchy ...

Abdoul Bouda was searching for a stranger. As he stared at his tablet that was issued by New York City Test & Trace Corps, he regarded the name and address for the mystery woman, but knew the phone ...

State officials and federal agencies warn there's a new phone scam circulating: Callers posing as COVID-19 contact tracers are trying to pry credit card or bank account information from unsuspecting ...