Monday, January 10, 2022

California Folds; Says Asymptomatic COVID-Positive Health Workers Can Get Back To Work Amid Shortages

 https://www.zerohedge.com/political/california-folds-says-asymptomatic-covid-positive-health-workers-can-get-back-work-amid

Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times,

The California Department of Public Health issued guidance that allows health care networks to enable COVID-19-positive employees to keep working if they don’t show any symptoms.

“The department is providing temporary flexibility to help hospitals and emergency services providers respond to an unprecedented surge and staffing shortages. Hospitals have to exhaust all other options before resorting to this temporary tool. Facilities and providers using this tool, should have asymptomatic COVID-19 positive workers interact only with COVID-19 positive patients to the extent possible,” the Department of Public Health said in a statement to news outlets over the weekend.