Seattle Department of Homeland Security employee tests positive for coronavirus
"The Department of Homeland Security notified employees Thursday evening that a DHS employee in the Seattle-area tested positive for coronavirus.
The department said the employee is “already recovering from his flu-like symptoms and is at home with this family.”
“We are working directly with each DHS employee in that building to identify who may have been in contact with the employee and at a higher risk of exposure,” DHS told employees in an email Thursday. “If identified as being at high risk, we encourage an employee to conduct themselves according to CDC guidelines and take appropriate steps outside the office. In addition, we have been identifying the co-workers who would be at low risk of exposure, so they may return to work in the building as soon as possible.”
Earlier this week, acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf announced that he closed a DHS facility in King County, Washington and directed employees to work remotely, if possible, after learning that an employee had visited a family member at the Life Care Facility in Kirkland, Washington before it was known the facility was impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.
The office is temporarily closed and all employees had been directed to self-quarantine." (CNN)
More than 2,700 New Yorkers are in home isolation
"At least 2,773 people are in home isolation across New York over coronavirus fears, according to a statement from Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office.
These people are all travel-related cases, and are self-monitoring for possible symptoms, New York City Health spokesman Patrick Gallahue told CNN."