Indiana will launch a privately-run call center to take the lead on contact tracing for COVID-19 -- interviewing positive patients and finding out who they've been around to track the spread of the virus.

To safely reopen without risking new COVID-19 outbreaks, states need enough staffing to do the crucial work of contact tracing. NPR surveyed public health agencies to find out how much they have. Indiana was one of nine states that didn't provide data.