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Sara Alert™ in the News
I-Team: Bluetooth can now help track COVID-19. Is Maine using it?
WGME (ME)
“We know public health has needed this tool for so long you can only go far with duct tape and bailing wire,” Dr. Paul Jarris said. “What we’ve done is taken the work of public health and automated for them,”
Answer the Call: ADH Contact Tracers May Reach Out
kuaf.com
The case investigator will instruct you on how to self-isolate and enroll you in an automated system called SARA Alert for reporting symptoms by text or email.
CHCC, Covid-19 task force implement protocol for travelers
Marianas Variety
THE Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. and the Governor’s Covid-19 Task Force have started implementing the new procedure for travelers entering the CNMI. This includes filling out an online declaration form; registering and responding daily to the Sara Alert Symptom Monitoring System for 14 consecutive days.
Contact tracing helps slow the spread of COVID-19, but are contacts required to help
Parkersburg News
“If the individual chooses not to be included in Sara Alert, a contact tracer would call the close contact to check with them daily,” he said. “Identified contacts are required to quarantine, and strongly encouraged to participate in daily check-ins with the department.”
Top Moment from Day Two at NACCHO 360
NACCHO Voice
Paul Jarris, PhD, MBA, Chief Medical Advisor at MITRE Corporation talked about Sara Alert, a standards-based, open source tool, developed by MITRE in partnership with national public health organizations that automates the process of public health monitoring and reporting of individuals exposed to or infected with COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.
Changes in arrival procedures
Saipan Tribune
The Sara Alert Symptom Monitoring System allows CNMI public health representatives to enroll and follow up with individuals at risk of developing a …
Colleges to reopen with new rules
St. Albans Messenger
Students will have to sign up for Sara Alert the Vermont Dept. of Health communication app to check for signs and symptoms of COVID-19.
VDH COVID-19 Update: 11 new as cases increase over last few days, no deaths
Vermont Biz
Sara Alert allows COVID-19 response teams to quickly and easily provide guidance to people if they develop symptoms. It is not GPS-based, so it does not monitor someone’s movement or track their location.
Virginia Department of Health reminds people to be vigilant with contact tracers
WFXRtv.com
Contact tracers will also offer to enroll Virginians in a voluntary contact monitoring platform called Sara Alert, which is used to update local health departments on their health status during the period of time they are participating in public health monitoring.
State briefs for Sunday, July 5
Richmond.com
Also, contact tracers will offer to enroll Virginians in a voluntary contact monitoring platform called Sara Alert so that they can update their local health departments as to their health status. The Sara Alert system is secure and always contacts users from the same phone number or email: (844) 957-2721 or notifications@saraalert.org.