AHS has launched a new, online tool to enable the automated notification of close contacts of COVID-19 cases, by text message: https://bit.ly/3lsYAMW 

Effective today, Albertans who receive a positive COVID-19 result are asked to immediately visit http://www.ahs.ca/closecontacts  and click on the COVID-19 Close Contact Tool, where they will enter information, including phone numbers, of known close contacts.

Once submitted and reviewed by the AHS contact tracing team with the positive case, a text message notification will be delivered to all close contacts whose phone numbers are provided.

The text message will inform close contacts of their exposure and instruct them to isolate immediately for 14 days. It will also provide a link to more information on testing options, available supports, and more.

The name of the positive case will not be disclosed in the text messages.

In addition to this new tool, AHS has posted 425 new positions for hiring onto the contact tracing team. All positions can be viewed online at http://ahs.ca/contacttracingjobs.

We appreciate the collaboration of all Albertans as we continue to fight COVID-19. Our contact tracers are Albertans too, helping fellow Albertans. Thank you for respecting our teams. We are all in this together.