I am writing to provide you with an update. Last week, an associate who works in the Cottages called in sick. We asked this individual to get tested before returning to work and today we received notification that they tested positive for Covid-19. Additionally, an associate who works in the main building who cohabitates with someone who tested positive was asked to self-isolate at home and get tested. Today we learned that this test result is positive as well.
Out of an abundance of caution, we have decided to test all associates and residents throughout the community. We will provide logistic and timing updates as soon as this information is available. We will continue with this surveillance testing (including all associates and all residents) every 14 days until we go through two cycles of testing without any positive results.
To minimize the risk of transmission, we are now asking all residents to self-isolate in their apartments for the next few days until we receive everyone’s test results.
We are keeping all our protocols in place and we thank you for your patience as we move through the process of testing everyone.
We are coordinating the logistics for this and will update you with the results.
Thank you for your continuing support. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Geno Koehler
Executive Director
Additional resources:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
https://covid19.ca.gov