//Minority US coronavirus contact tracers build trust in diverse cities

Minority US coronavirus contact tracers build trust in diverse cities

When a contact tracer called the Iraqi woman to say her 18-year-old daughter tested positive for the coronavirus and could quarantine for free in a hotel, the woman panicked — recalling the family’s terror of risking separation forever during their flight from Baghdad after a bomb killed her brother.The contact tracer, Iraqi immigrant Ethar Kakoz, had made a similar harrowing journey using smugglers to get