A person living in southern Oregon knowingly went to work while sick, and likely caused seven people losing their lives and more than 300 people quarantined in US but they are not related.
It’s unclear exactly when the person went to work or where they are employed, but Douglas County officials said in a December 17 statement that the action led to two major COVID-19 outbreaks.
Douglas County officials said last week that a person knowingly went to work while suffering symptoms and later tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Two recent outbreaks in the county, which were reported by the Oregonian on Tuesday.
Were traced back to that individual and the ensuing infections forced hundreds of county residents into self-quarantine. “One of those outbreaks has resulted in seven deaths, and the other recent outbreak has placed over 300 people/families in quarantine,” Douglas County Public Health Officer Bob Dannenhoffer said in a statement last Thursday.
“We can’t even imagine the tremendous remorse these people are feeling right now, and we sympathize with them,” he said. Meanwhile, the officials did not reveal the name of the workplace or the name of individual responsible for this.
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