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NewsColony New program trains people to conduct COVID-19 contact tracing in Chicago CHICAGO (WLS) — A new program underway in Chicago will train more people to conduct contact tracing to stop the spread of COVID-19. Gov. JB Pritzker has already said that Illinois will need an army of contract tracers before the state can return to normalcy. According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, 3,800 workers will be needed. “We are going to be using the resources we have to scale up, but it will be a gradual process,” said IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike. “We’re not going to hire 4,000 people next week.” But where will those thousands of tracers come from? The governor’s five-step regional reopening plan unveiled this week clearly states that moving from Illinois’ current phase two to phase three requires the region to have a program in place that can begin monitoring and tracing some cases within 24 hours. RELATED: Gov. Pritzker defends reopening plan to GOP lawmakers, business gr...