As contact tracers have been increasingly tied up tracking down possible sources of covid-19, health officials are worried that the shift in priorities will result in a spike of STIs.\n
As contact tracers have been increasingly tied up tracking down possible sources of covid-19, health officials are worried that the shift in priorities will result in a spike of STIs.In previous times, the job of contact tracers was to work with people who have contracted or been exposed to sexually transmitted infections, test them, and connect them with treatment if necessary. But now, such cases are going unmonitored as tracers prioritize coronavirus.
. Two-thirds of the country’s clinics have reported decreases in health screenings and testing due to coronavirus.The U.S. was already short on contact tracers even before the pandemic began, with only 2,200 tracers tracking diseases—far short of the 100,000 to 300,000 experts say would be needed to contain covid-19.
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