Consumers have been slow to adopt apps made by state governments based on tech from Google and Apple.

The area’s hospitality industry has suffered economically during the pandemic.

As cases surge in the U.S., experts are increasingly worried about cooperation with contract tracers.

As states look for contact tracers to track potential coronavirus transmission, people with strong communication skills and an ability to work with people under stress are good candidates.

Despite high unemployment, governments are having trouble finding enough people to track and reduce COVID-19 transmission. Requirements vary from state to state.

But what assurances are there that the data is private?

But public health departments have been chronically underfunded.