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The head of the contact tracers was also present at the press conferences of the Crisis Center. She came to explain the work of the contact tracers and its importance in reducing the virus.

“To reduce the virus, we need good contact tracing to discover and tackle clusters,” said Karine Moykens, chairman of the interfederal testing and contact follow-up committee. “We have to test widely but also in a targeted manner. People who don’t feel well, but also people who have risky contacts or who have traveled to a red zone. ”

Moykens emphasizes that people who belong to one of the two categories should have themselves tested as soon as possible. “Then have yourself tested in one of the sampling labs as soon as possible. The addresses and opening hours are on the website. And people who are infected really have to keep to the quarantine. ”

Escaping the test has also become more difficult, says Moykens. If you do not fill in a passenger locator form after 48 hours or you receive an activation code and you do not get tested, a contact tracer will still call you or visit you at home. About 1,200 people come back every day who have stayed in a red zone. “That is 42,000 in total,” says Moykens.

“I would also like to point out that contact tracing has changed a lot. In the last month we were able to reach 98.5 percent of the patients. We were also able to reach 97 percent among high-risk people, people from abroad or with infected contacts. Of which 88 percent with results, which means that we were also able to inform their contacts. Our field agents made 6,922 home visits. ”

Yet people remain reluctant to share contacts. “All data is never used to sanction, only to warn and test people.”

She also calls on the labs to send patient data correctly and to communicate the results quickly to the GP. “This is the only way we can do contact tracing properly.”

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