Name: Boston's EMS overwhelmed as state uses contact tracers l ABC News
Uploaded: 2020-04-23T03:53:26.000Z
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Still, as the governor says, very much in the grip of the pandemic.

The state, with the third most in the country, will rejoins us with the latest after spending the day in Boston with overwhelmed first responders.

The first thing you notice in Boston is the sirens first responders answering call after call as hospitals there expect a surge.

But the state is underway with a new approach to stopping the spread.

This'll Morning Cove in 19 taking hold in Massachusetts.

GM a right there following first responders in Boston, where they've responded toe over 1200 Corona virus calls before they could go in and respond to this call.

In this case, an elderly patient Boston TMS have to suit up in all PPE taking every possible precaution.

Everyone's at a higher stress level right now.

The death toll in Massachusetts, now close to 2000 with over 41,000 confirmed cases statewide the third highest in the country.

Some hospital I see use almost filled to capacity while preparing for unexpected surge of new patients were still very much in the grips of a pandemic here in Massachusetts.

But a change could be on the horizon as the state now takes on covert 19 with a new critical tool employing 1000 contact tracers.

Who will call anyone who spent more than 15 minutes in close contact with someone who has tested positive, asking them to self isolate for two weeks.

The more people we can reach and recommend isolation or quarantine procedures, the less likelihood there is that will have an increase of this virus.

So far, the 1st 250 contact tracers have been making calls to individuals, and if the individual is found to have had close contact with someone who has tested positive, they will be asked to self isolate again.

Close contact is defined as six feet or less with someone for 15 minutes or more.

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