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WHO says 2 staffers have coronavirus, healthcare workers in US begin to test positive
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that two of its workers have been diagnosed with the coronavirus as healthcare workers across the U.S. begin to test positive, prompting many on the frontlines to prepare for the likelihood of a long road ahead.
WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier told Reuters that the staffers had left the office and then at home showed symptoms.
At least 200 health care workers in Connecticut and New York were put on leave after possible exposure to COVID-19, Gov. Ned Lamont D-Conn., said Monday night.
A health professional at the University of Southern California Medical Center in Newport has tested positive for the virus, according to the Daily Trojan. Meanwhile, two doctors in New Jersey and Washington state are in critical condition after being exposed to the virus. The World Health Organization said Tuesday that two of its staffers have coronavirus.
At UC San Diego Health, two healthcare workers were confirmed to be infected on Saturday and are currently quarantined, officials said, according to the Los Angeles Times.
"[The University] launched an extensive effort to identify any patients or health system colleagues who may have been in recent contact with either of the two health workers.” the paper said.
The Mount Sinai Health System in New York reached out to inform its patients in an email that it is "prohibiting all visitors across" the system starting on Tuesday -- with certain exceptions.
"As the COVID-19 situation evolves, we at Mount Sinai Health System must take important steps to ensure the health of all of our patients, staff and local communities," the email said.
Only one visitor will be allowed at pediatrics/NICU, maternity, postpartum, end of life/palliative care, ambulatory geriatrics and emergency departments, the statement read.
Lamont said the 200 health care professionals possibly infected with COVID-19 in the Northeast are employed by Nuvance Health, an interstate health system in New York and Connecticut that services seven hospitals in the area.
"I'm losing nurses by the day," Lamont a...:tiphat:https://www.foxnews.com/health/healt...mpression=true
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that two of its workers have been diagnosed with the coronavirus as healthcare workers across the U.S. begin to test positive, prompting many on the frontlines to prepare for the likelihood of a long road ahead.
WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier told Reuters that the staffers had left the office and then at home showed symptoms.
At least 200 health care workers in Connecticut and New York were put on leave after possible exposure to COVID-19, Gov. Ned Lamont D-Conn., said Monday night.
A health professional at the University of Southern California Medical Center in Newport has tested positive for the virus, according to the Daily Trojan. Meanwhile, two doctors in New Jersey and Washington state are in critical condition after being exposed to the virus. The World Health Organization said Tuesday that two of its staffers have coronavirus.
At UC San Diego Health, two healthcare workers were confirmed to be infected on Saturday and are currently quarantined, officials said, according to the Los Angeles Times.
"[The University] launched an extensive effort to identify any patients or health system colleagues who may have been in recent contact with either of the two health workers.” the paper said.
The Mount Sinai Health System in New York reached out to inform its patients in an email that it is "prohibiting all visitors across" the system starting on Tuesday -- with certain exceptions.
"As the COVID-19 situation evolves, we at Mount Sinai Health System must take important steps to ensure the health of all of our patients, staff and local communities," the email said.
Only one visitor will be allowed at pediatrics/NICU, maternity, postpartum, end of life/palliative care, ambulatory geriatrics and emergency departments, the statement read.
Lamont said the 200 health care professionals possibly infected with COVID-19 in the Northeast are employed by Nuvance Health, an interstate health system in New York and Connecticut that services seven hospitals in the area.
"I'm losing nurses by the day," Lamont a...:tiphat:https://www.foxnews.com/health/healt...mpression=true