by Kate Dolan
Philadelphia’s COVID-19 case counts continue to fall, and the city announced an initiative to connect Philadelphia students to digital access for virtual learning.
The contact tracers will call from a number beginning with 215-218. For residents concerned with the source of phone calls or wary of scams, Farley said people could reach the public health call center at 215-685-5488 to make sure the call is coming from the health center.
“This process is entirely confidential,” he said. “We simply tell contacts they’ve been exposed to the virus and they need to go into quarantine, so they don’t pass the virus on to others.”
PHLConnectED
“Our goal is to create a program that provides affordable, simple and reliable digital solutions for all residents, so we’re looking at this very broadly as part of a long-term digital equity strategy,” said Wheeler. “But our very first goal is to get those K-12 students connected so they have consistent access to the internet to do what they need to do in their tele-learning starting this fall and beyond.”
For more information about how PHLConnectEd works, eligibility and how to get connected, please visit this site.