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Delta Air Lines launches effort to improve contact tracing on international flights – The Washington Post
Delta will work with the CDC to provide key passenger information that health officials had long sought.
Deltas announcement comes after months of back-and-forth between federal health officials and airlines over who should be responsible for collecting passenger information the Department of Health and Human Services says is critical for improving the effectiveness of contact-tracing programs. It could prompt other carriers to put similar programs in place.
Contact tracing is a fundamental component of the nations public health response strategy for controlling the spread of communicable diseases…
