To:   Northeast Terminal Employees

From:  Albert Samora, Executive Director of Transportation Services

Date:   November 19, 2020

RE:  COVID-19 Outbreak at Northeast Terminal

 

Dear Northeast Terminal Employees,

We wanted to inform you that there is an outbreak of COVID-19 at the Northeast Terminal. Each case of COVID-19 is reviewed by public health. As part of this public health investigation:

• The people diagnosed are being kept home from school/the work location until they are no longer infectious. 
• The people’s mask use, social distancing, and activities while infectious were assessed.
• The people who were close contacts of the persons with COVID-19 are instructed to stay home from school for 14 days after the exposure. This is called quarantine. 

All individuals known to have close contact with people with COVID-19 have been notified and instructed to stay home. Staff who were in close contact have also been instructed to quarantine.

We do not believe you were in close contact with anyone with COVID-19. You do not need to stay home and observe quarantine or isolation precautions, but you should regularly monitor for symptoms of COVID-19. 

If you or another family member develop symptoms consistent with COVID-19 such as headache, cough, fever or chills, shortness of breath, new loss of taste or smell, or nausea:

• Contact your primary care provider for further evaluation and possible testing.
• Stay home from work and avoid other activities around other people.
• Notify your supervisor.
• Seek medical care and testing for COVID-19, calling your doctor before you show up.

Public Health does not recommend COVID-19 testing at this time. A negative test result does not mean that you will not develop symptoms or become sick after the test. A negative test result means that you did not have COVID-19 detected at the time of testing. Medical insurance may not cover the cost of testing for people without symptoms. 

Under the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, an employer must provide paid leave to an employee under certain conditions, including taking care of someone else due to COVID-19 precautions, including a child whose school, place of care, or child care is closed or unavailable.

If you have further questions, please reach out to your supervisor or your local public health agency.

 

Sincerely, 

 Albert Samora

Executive Director of Transportation Services

transportation@dpsk12.org