CentroMed health care provider tested positive for COVID-19
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This handout illustration image obtained recently courtesy of the National Institutes of Health shows a transmission electron microscopic image that shows SARS-CoV-2also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that
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This handout illustration image obtained recently courtesy of the National Institutes of Health shows a transmission electron microscopic image that shows SARS-CoV-2also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the US, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. Connecticut state Representative, Lucy Dathan, whose district represents parts of New Canaan has just the information about COVID-19, that residents of the town may need to deal with its crisis.
This handout illustration image obtained recently courtesy of the National Institutes of Health shows a transmission electron microscopic image that shows SARS-CoV-2also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that
Photo: HANDOUT / National Institutes Of Health / AFP Via Getty Images
A CentroMed health care provider who works at Sarah E. Davidson Clinic at Haven for Hope has tested positive for COVID-19 after being exposed to a family member with COVID-19, according to a news release from health officials.
CentroMed learned about the health care provider on Friday, the release said. On that day, the provider was placed on a 14-day home quarantine and all staff at the Davidson clinic and the La Paloma de Paz Shelter Clinic were sent home. Both are closed as of Monday afternoon.
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The two clinics share some staff and several employees were placed on self-quarantine after the incident, the release said.
CentroMed also notified the Metropolitan Health District of the situation and Metro Health is contacting whom the health care provider treated after exposure.
Officials are working with partners to sanitize both facilities and to identify back-up staff who can operate the clinics once the sanitization process is complete.
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This incident does not affect any other CentroMed medical, dental, pharmacy or WIC sites, the release said.
“Our immediate concern is with our affected health care provider and the provider’s family,” health officials wrote in the release. “We remain in contact with them to offer any assistance. CentroMed continues to remind all physicians, providers and staff members to follow CDC guidelines about COVID-19 to prevent illness and ensure their health and safety that of our patients.
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