HONOLULU (KHON2) — A state training program to trace the contacts of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 starts Monday, June 8.
The first pilot group will have 16 trainees in a free online one-and-a-half-day training for clinical healthcare professionals.
By mid-July, the program expects to have trained 320 contact tracers and hundreds more in 2021.
All of the training slots have been filled and there is a waiting list for participants. About 1,200 people have applied for the program.
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