Aidan Pollard Dec 28, 2020
As covid cases remain well in the double digits in Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester, public health officials have to keep track of not just who has covid but who may have been exposed as well.
And when cases have spiked in all three towns since Thanksgiving, that means public health nurses have to do a lot more tracking to make sure the community stays safe.
But how do health officials know who’s been exposed? Who has to quarantine? When to close schools and public offices? Sippican Week put together a list of ways public health officials keep track of the virus.