WEST LAFAYETTE – As Indiana and other states ramp up the need for contact tracers to track the spread of coronavirus, Purdue University Global launched a new course in the discipline, offering it at no cost.
Purdue Global, an online arm of Purdue University, announced the self-study course on Thursday.
According to the school, the course will six to eight hours to complete and cover contact tracing protocols, how COVID-19 is contracted and transmitted and the legal requirements surrounding contact tracing.
“Our assessment vehicle will ensure that all students have mastered the content,” Dr. Melissa Burdi, dean and vice president-elect for the Purdue Global School of Nursing, said. “Specifically, we will conduct a practical exercise by giving them several cases to review and answer what they would do in the situation. Then we will provide feedback on their choice with value-added rationale.”
This week, the Indiana State Department of Health started overseeing contact tracing for all 92 counties, after signing a $43 million contract with a private firm to do that work. Maximus, a health and human services provider, will hire about 500 people to staff a call center that will reach out to people who have tested positive, interview them in-depth, and notify their close contacts to tell them to quarantine for two weeks.
Purdue Global contact tracing course costs $295, though that fee is being waived for now, according to the school. For more information, go to purdueglobal.edu/covid-19-contact-tracing-course/.
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Tippecanoe Co. cases up 6; another death in White County
Tippecanoe County recorded another six confirmed cases of coronavirus, as of Friday, based on numbers released by the Indiana State Department of Health.
That took the county’s total to 348 confirmed cases.
There was one more death reported in the area, this one in White County, where eight people have died in connection with the coronavirus since the first cases were reported in March.
Statewide, Indiana reported passed the 30,000 mark for total cases.
Here were the numbers for Tippecanoe County’s direct neighbors, according to Friday’s state report:
- Benton County: 24; unchanged; deaths, zero; cases per 10,000, 27.4.
- Carroll County: 87, increase of 2; deaths, 2; cases per 10,000, 42.9.
- Clinton County: 194, increase of 9; deaths, 1; cases per 10,000, 59.9.
- Fountain County: 17, adjusted down 2; deaths, 2; cases per 10,000, 10.4.
- Jasper County: 50, increase of 2; deaths, 1; cases per 10,000: 14.9.
- Montgomery County: 202, increase of 3; deaths 14; cases per 10,000, 52.7.
- Newton County: 72, unchanged; deaths, 10; cases per 10,000: 51.5.
- Tippecanoe County: 348, increase of 6; deaths, 3; cases per 10,000, 17.8.
- Warren County: 12, unchanged; deaths, 1; cases per 10,000: 14.5.
- White County: 206, increase of 5; deaths, 8; cases per 10,000, 85.5.
- Indiana: 30,409, increase of 493; deaths, 1,791; cases per 10,000: 45.1.
Reach Dave Bangert at 765-420-5258 or at dbangert@jconline.com. Follow on Twitter: @davebangert.
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