The phrase "are being traced" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where an action is currently happening, particularly in discussions about tracking or monitoring something or someone.
Example: "The movements of the suspect are being traced by law enforcement agencies to gather evidence."
Alternatives: "are currently tracked" or "are under surveillance".
"Their emails used to upload this information are being traced, I imagine, as we speak".
Those who came into contact since the patient's arrival are being traced as a precaution and will be watched for symptoms for three weeks – the incubation period of the virus.
But with wireless broadband, many consumer complaints are being traced to compatibility issues between an operator's network and the software installed on a laptop or netbook computer, said Tim Deluca-Smith, a vice president for marketing at WDS Global, a company in Poole, England, that provides technical support for 40 wireless operators and mobile makers in Europe and North America.
In an effort to improve tracking of the epidemic, the World Health Organization today called on countries to report not just the number of suspected or confirmed SARS cases, but also where the disease was occurring, its chains of transmission and how patient contacts are being traced.
Some 80 people who have had contact with the patients are being monitored, and more contacts are being traced.
Passengers on flights she took to the UK are being traced, but officials say the risk to the public is very low.
As of this spring, roughly half of intercepted communications and other links were being traced to Karachi.
The pills were widely distributed, and their path is being traced, said John M. Taylor III, associate commissioner for regulatory affairs.
Ironically, the problem that threatens its newfound dominance in the US is being traced back to a local supplier there: pedals provided by CTS Corporation of Elkhart, Indiana.
It is still possible here to come upon a crumb of broken charcoal that fell to the floor when a line was being traced.
"What I can tell you is that everybody who was in close contact, the 1-metre area for more than an hour – obviously anyone near them on a long-haul flight – either has been or is being traced.
