Ohio Schools Stop Contact Tracing

Ohio K-12 schools do not have to continue contact tracing or send exposure notifications and can stop daily COVID case reports to the state, according the Ohio Department of Health (ODH). "The quick spread of the Omicron variant and its rapid clinical course have made universal contact tracing, case investigation and exposure notification impractical when combined with newly reduced timelines for quarantine and isolation," ODH said in a press release. "The best place for kids is in school, in-person, full-time," the state health department memo said. Similar processes are being implemented in Kansas, Indiana, New York, Vermont, and other states.