CricPokChic Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 DHS employee ill after visiting Wash. state nursing home, going back to work The Department of Homeland Security has temporarily closed a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field office in Seattle after it emerged that an employee visited a nursing home in the area where four residents have died of the new coronavirus. The employee "started exhibiting flu-like symptoms four days after visiting the nursing home in Kirkland, Washington," Acting Deputy DHS Secretary Ken Cuccinelli said Tuesday in a series of tweets, adding that the employee "had been coming to work in the intervening days between the possible exposure" on February 22 and when they started feeling ill four days later. Cuccinelli said as soon as the employee learned about the outbreak at the King County nursing home they had visited, their family "self-quarantined and alerted employers and other relevant officials." Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli ✔@HomelandKen (1/x) Late yesterday, DHS learned that an employee at the @USCIS Seattle Field Office started exhibiting flu-like symptoms four days after visiting the nursing home in Kirkland, Washington that has seen numerous COVID-19 cases. 71 9:13 AM - Mar 3, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 101 people are talking about this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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