TRENTON, N.J. - Almost three-fifths of people who respond to New Jersey’s COVID-19 contact tracers are refusing to cooperate, Democratic Gov.
Phil Murphy said Friday.Murphy called on people to cooperate with the state’s roughly 1,800 contact tracers, whose ranks he built up with the aim of smothering any new outbreaks.He suggested people are worried that the tracers might pass information along to law enforcement, particularly for those associated with underage drinking parties.
But he sought to allay those concerns.“It’s not a witch hunt,” he said.Overall, 82% of people getting initial calls from tracers answer them.