States’ Contact Tracing Struggling to Keep Up With Latest Surge in COVID Cases
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Health investigators across the U.S. find it nearly impossible to keep up with the deluge of new COVID-19 infections and carry out contact tracing efforts that were once seen as a pillar of the nation’s pandemic response.