4 employees test positive for coronavirus at Roseburg VA

Officials were unable to confirm how or when the employees contracted the virus, but they told KEZI 9 News that they believe it didn’t come from inside the building.

Julian mininsohn, kezi 9 news.

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Staff at the roseburg v-a are taking extra safety measures after four employees tested positive for coronavirus.

Kezi 9 news reporter evita garza shows us what the hospital is doing keep their employees and patients safe.

Roseburg v-a staff say they are doing everything to make sure they don see another coronavirus case.

00:06 shawn tyson, executive assistant, roseburg va:?we have 12,043 employees.

So, four employees is 0.3 percent of our employee population.

I think wee doing a very good job?

They confirmed monday that four of their employees tested postive.

They were unable to say when or how the employees got sick&but they don believe it came from inside the building.?i will say that, like i said, the chances of them all being in contact with each other, is very slim?

Executive assistant shawn tyson tells me there no risk for an outbreak at the v-a.

But, he says theye leaning on their exisiting precautions to keep people safe&like screening everyone who comes on campus.

00:47 evita:?the va has set up screening booths at the entrance hospital, where staff take your temperature and ask a few questions about symptoms. if you pass, theye requiring you to carry this with you to confirm youe been screened.?

Tyson says theye stocked up on personal protective equiptment for employees to wear at all times.

Plus, theye tested everyone the four employees had contact with since learning they tested positive&.?our number one goal is to keep the virus our of our walls.

So if wee outside, we can address it out here appropriately?

If people follow their precautions and the c-d-c guildlines, tyson believes theyl keep coronavirus out of the v-a.

In roseburg, evita garza kezi 9 news.

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