contact tracing

Call centers in Lafayette and New Orleans will handle contact tracing for Louisiana. Here's how you can apply for one of the over 700 jobs available.

Think of a contact tracer as a highly trained nosey neighbor who just wants to know where you've been and who you've been with.

Gov. John Bel Edwards says the state will have 250 workers in place by the end of next week to call people infected with the new coronavirus and track down people they have been in close contact with.