AdvertisementStates Nearly Doubled Plans For Contact Tracers Since NPR Surveyed Them 10 Days AgoMay 07, 2020Selena Simmons-DuffinfacebookEmailMalachi Stewart, with the Washington, D.C., health department, works full time as a contact tracer for the COVID-19 response. Washington plans to increase its contact tracing workforce in the near future. (NPR)