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Kaiser employee dies after San Jose ER outbreak possibly tied to Christmas costume
Jill Tucker , J.D. Morris and Tatiana Sanchez Jan. 3, 2021 Updated: Jan. 5, 2021 3:30 p.m.
Airborne transmission of the coronavirus, possibly linked to an inflatable Christmas costume, is the likely cause of a 44-person outbreak — and at least one fatality — in the emergency department at Kaiser Permanente San Jose.
Kaiser said over the weekend that it is still investigating why so many San Jose employees in the same department have tested positive for the coronavirus since Dec. 27. But the hospital has acknowledged the fact that a staff member “briefly” appeared in the department two days earlier wearing an “air-powered costume.”...
Kaiser employee dies after San Jose ER outbreak possibly tied to Christmas costume
Jill Tucker , J.D. Morris and Tatiana Sanchez Jan. 3, 2021 Updated: Jan. 5, 2021 3:30 p.m.
Airborne transmission of the coronavirus, possibly linked to an inflatable Christmas costume, is the likely cause of a 44-person outbreak — and at least one fatality — in the emergency department at Kaiser Permanente San Jose.
Kaiser said over the weekend that it is still investigating why so many San Jose employees in the same department have tested positive for the coronavirus since Dec. 27. But the hospital has acknowledged the fact that a staff member “briefly” appeared in the department two days earlier wearing an “air-powered costume.”...
