Saturday, May 16, 2020

Help the Fight Against Coronavirus…Become a Contact Tracer!

Just do a quick Google search, and you will find a myriad of news stories about Coronavirus - MCPSthe army of contact tracers that are needed across the country in order to track and notify people who have been exposed to someone who has tested positive for coronavirus.  This need will continue to ramp up as testing increases and more and more of the economy begins to reopen and perhaps return to full-speed ahead and some point down the road.

So many people have lost their jobs, and many need to work from home because there is still no daycare or schooling available for their children.

That’s where this new era of contact tracers comes in to help both problems.  In some rural areas and places that are still experiencing stay-at-home mandates, contact tracers can work from home.  In other areas, they work at the Public Health Department.  But in either case, anyone can train in just 1 week at home, and surprisingly, the certification course is being offered online for FREE by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health using the Coursera platform.  The cost of the course is being sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies which makes this course free through December 31, 2020.

contact tracing course

The course consists of 5 hours of video instruction (1 hours per day) that teaches you about coronavirus, how it’s spread, and how contact tracing works.  Then you take a 1-hour course exam online.  Once you’ve passed, you receive your certificate!  You can even get a digital certificate that is automatically displayed with your LinkedIn profile.

Sign up today, and join the fight against coronavirus!

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