Dozens of state employees were sent home Monday after an outbreak of Covid-19 at the Baltimore office of the Maryland Department of Health (MDH), the agency overseeing the state’s response to the pandemic.
A source with knowledge of the situation told The Brew that a supervisor tested positive for the novel coronavirus, but came into their 201 West Preston Street workplace anyway on Monday.
The supervisor had contact with other employees who share space in what’s referred to as the building’s “surface level” and participated in a meeting of eight people who were wearing masks but not observing social distancing, the source said.
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