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COVID-19 Positive Person Sparks Outbreak At Work, 7 Killed And 300 Quarantined
Fears of subsequent outbreaks are looming large as officials are rigorously testing the company s employees for COVID-19 and tracing their contacts.
In a COVID super-spreader event, a person with asymptomatic coronavirus who went to work caused two outbreaks in southern Oregon, US, that caused seven deaths and led to the quarantine of 300 people. The individual later tested positive for COVID-19, Douglas County officials informed in a government release. However, the health ministry did not disclose the name of the organization where the cluster outbreak occurred. Fears of subsequent outbreaks are looming large as officials are rigorously testing and tracing the contacts and have ordered the employees of the company to restrict movement. The deaths from the event account for 20 percent of the county’s total COVID death toll.
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Four new COVID-19 cases in Douglas County reported Tuesday
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