SAN ANTONIO – The City of San Antonio has used contact tracing as a tool in the fight against the spread of COVID-19. Contact tracers get in contact with everyone who tested positive for the virus and find people they were in contact with, but it’s not always that simple. San Antonio Metro Health officials said if a case was backlogged or not submitted on time, contact tracers may not have been able to reach those infected or may not have the correct information. Metro Health employees who were helping with contact tracing have returned to their original jobs. Last month, state officials took over contact tracing efforts in San Antonio.

SAN ANTONIO – The Alamodome is now home to hundreds of case investigators, working to limit the spread of COVID-19 in Bexar County. Right now, there are about 200 workers on the city’s COVID-19 Response Team, but the space has the capacity to accommodate up to 250. Investigators ask about the disease, what signs and symptoms they’ve had and who they have been in close contact with. Contact tracers call those contacts to notify them about the possible exposure. Metro Health said, to date, it had a total of 116 case investigators and 12 contact tracers.