Printer friendly version pdf icon[956 KB, 56 pages] This interim guidance document is intended to assist state, local, territorial and tribal health departments develop jurisdictional plans for the implementation and enhancement of COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing efforts.
Content will be updated as new information is available. are fundamental activities that involve working with a client (symptomatic and asymptomatic) who has been diagnosed with an infectious disease to identify and provide support to people (contacts) who may have been infected through exposure to the patient.
This process prevents further transmission of disease by separating people who have (or may have) an infectious disease from people who do not.