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Coronavirus in Schuylkill County

7 New COVID Cases Identified Among County Employees

This makes 18 in the last 2 weeks reported by the Courthouse.

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Seven more Schuylkill County employees have tested COVID positive.

In an update from the Courthouse, HR Director Heidi Zula informed all employees that a contact tracing investigation revealed no other employees had to quarantine due to close contact with the 7 who’ve tested positive.

Another employee is in quarantine due to a close contact with another person outside the Courthouse.

The Jan. 5 update comes after a Dec. 30 COVID in the Courthouse update revealed 11 Schuylkill County government employees had tested positive and another person had to quarantine due to close contact.

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An indoor mask mandate is still in place at the Courthouse. And the County has spent a large, but unspecified amount of money trying to mitigate the spread of the virus at County offices.

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