Coronavirus in the community: Employees suffer, too
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SACRAMENTO Anastasiya Ivanko is used to running. The 22-year-old junior specialist in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine played soccer in high school and college. She’s also sprinted up and down soccer fields as a referee. Her job keeps her moving as she meets with clinical trial patients at various UC Davis Health locations in Sacramento.
But these days, just going from the parking lot to her office is exhausting. Trying to carry something up a flight of stairs leaves her breathless.
Ivanko is still recovering from COVID-19. She tested positive for the virus in early August. She didn’t return to work for two months. One of the many UC Davis Health employees who’s fallen ill from the disease this year, Ivanko has no idea where she got infected.