(CNS): Public health officials are tracing and testing dozens of people after two positive cases of COVID-19 were confirmed today by the Health Services Authority. Twenty-four other people connected to the two patients have been tested already, including two Clifton Hunter students, none of whom were positive, Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee said at Thursday’s press briefing. An investigation is underway into how these two people were infected as neither has a travel history, he said.
Both patients were fully vaccinated. One of them, a woman in her 70s, is in hospital but doing well and the second patient is a younger male family member who is symptomatic but remains isolating at home.
All of the contacts of the two patients are now under 14-day quarantine, including the two students, who will switch to online learning. Officials said there was no risk to other students from these two young people and the school will be open tomorrow as usual.
Dr Lee said that a number of front-line workers have also been quarantined in government accommodation as they were not aware the patient was potentially infected with the coronavirus when she was brought to hospital as she did not present with respiratory problems.
Going forward, however, the protocols dealing with all patients are likely to be stepped up because if COVID-19 has leaked into the community, all emergency personnel and healthcare workers must be protected to ensure that staffing levels can be managed, Dr Lee said.
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