Gov. Jay Inslee has called for a “rapid-response” contact tracing effort as part of his plan for the gradual reopening of Washington state, likening it to “something like a fire brigade.” Contact tracing is a method by which public health officials identify individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 and track down anyone they may have been in contact with.
- PUB DATE: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Daily

VIDEO: Working as an engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, David Van Buren usually spends his time designing and building instruments for space telescopes or robots that will explore other worlds in our Solar System. But for the last month, Van Buren and a group of his colleagues at JPL have been working on a project that is truly unexplored terrain for them: making a ventilator to help patients sick with COVID-19.
- PUB DATE: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Verge

Stunning footage shows a fleet of around 150 drones near Franklin Field in University City creating incredible displays in support of healthcare workers and first responders on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company behind it is called Verge Aero, which is based out of the University of Pennsylvania.
- PUB DATE: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTXF-TV FOX 29 Philadelphia

The coronavirus pandemic has dramatically changed how many people do their jobs, and what jobs need to be done. Our first responders are on the front lines of these changes. The Seattle Fire Department has taken on a new life-saving role: mobile testing for every worker and resident at every long-term care facility in the city.
- PUB DATE: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

Last year West Valley Fire made plans to purchase a new Aeroclave decontamination machine to clean their fire trucks and equipment from any deadly disease such as H-I-V or Hepatitis. Fire Chief Nathan Craig says it comes down to the safety of the people in his department as well as the community, especially now with the COVID-19 pandemic.
- PUB DATE: 4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS News Yakima