Currently, some 700 people work in the national pool for source and contact research. That is 550 jobs (FTE). This is currently being expanded to 1050 FTE and then to 2000 FTE.
The basic training lasts two days, the practical part at least three days. The training plan is organized more efficiently by having the people in training conduct real cases during their practical lessons. They are trained and conduct source and contact research.
Overcome by increase
The GGD says it has been surprised by the increase in infections. “When the upscaling plan of GGD GHOR Nederland was drawn up in May, no one expected that the infections would increase so fast in July / August. Nor that the measures would be considerably relaxed on 1 July. In addition, the large number of close contacts was positive. tested persons have unforeseen “, the GGD writes in a press release.
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More than a hundred
The fact that some GGDs have difficulty in conducting full source and contact research on corona patients is also because people on average have more and more close contacts. “Sometimes more than a hundred”, says director Nicolette Rigter of GGD Utrecht during a briefing in the Lower House.
Although the GGDs are working hard on upscaling the capacity, according to Rigter, it is mainly important to ensure that people stick to the basic rules more closely so that the number of infections decreases. “Otherwise it is mopping with the tap open.”
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