As COVID-19 continues to spread across the province, medical students in Alberta are stepping up to help health-care workers trace possible exposures to the virus among the public.
Dr. Lauren Bilinsky, a public health resident with Alberta Health Services, said students have been quick to offer their help amid the pandemic. “We have 300 students who are helping us with this contact tracing, a lot of those are from the University of Calgary and are current senior medical students.
We also have students from the University of Alberta as well.” Bilinsky said contact tracing is important in stopping the spread of the virus, as it helps health-care officials narrow down both where the virus was contracted and if other members of the public have