According to a report fromWHDH, twenty-one Worcester (MA) Fire Department (WFD) members are in quarantine and will be tested after another WFD firefighter tested positive for COVID-19.
The firefighter who tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday is now in isolation.
As a precautionary measure, the other 21 firefighters who had potential contact with the positive member are in quarantine and will remain there pending a negative test. Those firefighters will be tested this week.
联系交易cing is underway through the Worcester Division of Public Health. The potentially affected fire station where the members works was given a thorough cleaning.
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