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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 15, 2020

The Hamilton County Health Department has ended its agreement with the local 911 center to share COVID-19 patient information, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports. The move comes as criticisms grow about the practice of sharing personal health information with law enforcement and first responders. Since April, the health department had been sharing "limited data" about patients who tested positive for the virus with 911 dispatchers.