Case investigation & contact tracing have been a cornerstone in our fight against COVID-19, and we are so incredibly grateful to our team members for stepping up during a time when Albertans needed them most.
With COVID-19 cases at low levels and 5 million+ doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered across the province, AHS has moved into the next phase of our pandemic response.
We are scaling case investigation & contact tracing and other pandemic-specific functions to align with current case counts - as we’ve done throughout the pandemic – and we’re ramping up programs and services that were impacted by COVID-19, such as surgery.
We will continue to actively investigate & contact trace new cases, investigate outbreaks and work with our community partners. The size of the team, case investigation, contact tracing and outbreak management activities will be aligned with demand.
Through aggressive recruitment, we scaled up from 50 contact tracers in March 2020 to 2,500. This temporary rapid increase in staffing was planned to meet the extraordinary demands of the pandemic.
We’ll maintain a robust team & have contingency plans to scale back up if and as needed. Redeployed staff are returning to their home positions & roles. Those who joined AHS to assist with the COVID-19 response are encouraged to apply to vacant positions within the organization.
This will help address some vacancies.
We’re emerging now on the other side of the pandemic stronger than we were before, and this wouldn’t have been possible without our case investigation & contact tracing team. We thank them for protecting the health and safety of Albertans over the last 16 months.
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