2 health care workers diagnosed with coronavirus had treated Solano County woman with illness
Source: Sacramento Bee
Alameda and Solano counties jointly announced Sunday that each has a presumptive positive case of new coronavirus in health care workers who had treated a patient in Solano County before the disease was diagnosed.
“Due to the aggressive measures that public health and hospital staff undertook, all potential exposures to the case were promptly identified and isolated so that patients are not placed at higher risk,” said Dr. Bela Matyas, Solano County’s health officer. “Health care officials have immediately updated protocols and procedures to ensure patient safety is prioritized.”
The two workers’ tests will be sent to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for confirmation. The county’s public health officials say they are taking aggressive measures to swiftly identify and isolate all individuals exposed to the new cases. Public health officials have said more cases are expected in the Bay Area, the Sacramento region and nationwide.
The Solano County woman, who was diagnosed with COVID-19, is being treated at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. Union officials have said that 124 workers who treated the woman there have been placed in isolation. In Solano County, 93 people have been put into quarantine or isolation, and 11 of them had tests done because they had cold symptoms.
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