An employee at the Brattleboro Retreat is “presumed positive for COVID-19,” according to a story in the VTDigger.org today. The employee is in quarantine at home at this time. However, the same is not true of other Retreat workers who may have come in contact with that employee. They’ve been instructed by the Retreat’s HR Director that they should come to work or be terminated. However, if they “become symptomatic i.e. dry cough and/or fever,” they have been told to contact the HR Director.
Earlier this week, the Retreat suspended its practice of accepting out-of-state patients. Other measures such as increased cleaning, halted visitation, and screening of new admissions started around March 23.
The same article reports that a Current bus driver on the Brattleboro Blue Line also tested positive on March 19. The driver’s quarantine period is now over and the driver is eligible to return to work with a doctor’s release.
Read more:
From VTDigger.org: Brattleboro Retreat employee presumed positive for coronavirus
From the Brattleboro Retreat: A Message to the Community About COVID-19
From The Current: Current Driver Test Positive for Virus
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Retreat says they tested negative.
(Phew!)