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Contact tracers at the Maine Department of Education getting the word out about “Sara Alert”
News Center Maine
“Sara Alert” is a self-reporting secure database for public health officials to keep tabs on those who have tested positive or have been exposed to COVID-19.
Vermont Lifts Quarantine Rules for Fully Vaccinated Travelers
Travel + Leisure
All out-of-state travelers to Vermont are encouraged to enroll in the state’s Sara Alert system upon arrival to receive daily reminders to check for COVID-19 symptoms for two weeks.
Maine DOE Update
EIN News
The Maine Department of Education (DOE) contact tracing team uses Sara Alert (844) 957-2721 to monitor students and staff in PK-12 schools who have been in close contact to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. Sara Alert is a public health system that supports the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to monitor for symptoms amongst the school population.
COVID-19: ArkLaTex information hub
KLSA
If you haven’t spoken to a tracer on the phone to enroll in the automated SARA Alert program for reporting symptoms, beware of text messages asking you to click on a link. It could be a scammer. A tracer will not send you any links to click before speaking with you on the phone.
Plans to amend quarantine guidelines underway, group working on getting homebound manamko’ vaccinated
Kuam News
“The proposed guidelines, we will require the 72 hours PCR testing prior to arrival,” he said. “And then, the QFACs are still in place, but hopefully, we can test out a little bit earlier, just because the 72 hours, we can test out on day 4, day 5. If it’s negative, you can go home and the next seven days quarantine with the SARA ALERT and the Guam COVID App in place.”
RSU 3 rolls out automated text guidance service
Republican Journal
“Once you have received notification from the school, the Maine CDC’s Sara Alert system will begin sending you follow up guidance via text messages,” Brown said. “Sara Alert is an automated system that uses daily text messages to help people who have been identified as close contacts monitor for symptoms after exposure.
All students and staff will be enrolled in Sara Alert…,” Brown said in the letter. “There is nothing required of you to be automatically enrolled in this service.”
RiverStone Announces ‘Sara Alert’ to Help Track COVID-19 Cases
newstalk955.com
According to a press release from Riverstone Health, the “Sara Alert System” now allows residents who are sick to voluntarily share information about their symptoms via text, email or phone. This new system will help with the efficiency of case tracking, which will reduce the strain on our other public health services, according to RiverStone Health.
Planning To Visit Puerto Rico? Here’s What You Need To Know
SmarterTravel.com
Once you arrive, you’ll receive a Sara Alert text message each day inquiring if you have any Covid symptoms. All travelers are asked to please complete the daily report via text. It takes just a moment to respond “yes” or “no” and is crucial to monitor public health and allow Puerto Rico to continue welcoming travelers.
A Force Multiplier: Tracing System Saves Precious Time For Health Professionals
CDC Foundation
With the support of the CDC Foundation, MITRE partnered with the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), and local, state and federal agencies to develop Sara Alert, a standards-based, open-source tool designed to support monitoring of individuals at risk of developing COVID-19.
“We did not have a way to do case contact tracing or support people in quarantine and isolation efficiently and at scale,” Jarris said. “Sara Alert allows us to automate and modernize identification and monitoring of case contacts in quarantine, and positive cases in isolation.”
Puerto Rico Health Department Suggests More Business Restrictions
The Weekly Journal
They will require a negative PCR test 72 hours prior to arrival and all will be followed by Sara Alert for a period of 14 days. Hotels and inns will keep their common areas limited for guests, by appointment and ensuring social distancing.