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New York City contact tracers start, reach out to 600 people

by Associated Press
| June 4, 2020 12:03 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City contact tracers hired to contain the spread of the coronavirus reached out to all of the roughly 600 people who tested positive for the virus citywide on Monday, the first day of the program, and succeeded in reaching more than half of them, officials said Tuesday.

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