County: 10 migrant workers who live in the same residence have tested positive so far
Coronavirus update
Times UnionHUDSON — Columbia County health officials are testing and tracing possible exposures after 10 migrant workers in the Hudson area tested positive for coronavirus Thursday.
County Public Health Director Jack Mabb announced the cases Friday, and said the workers all hail from the same fruit farm. They reside in a single home used by workers who do not live on the farm itself, he said.
“There is no indication that this outbreak presents a danger to the public at large,” he said. “The Department of Health’s contact tracing efforts are showing us that the workers’ movements have been confined to the farm and the residence.”
He did not specify which farm had the cluster, but said it does not operate a market or otherwise interact with the public.
The workers have been ordered to quarantine, and 10 people who had contact with them have as well, Mabb said.
Health officials tested 51 workers Thursday in an effort to identify cases and contain the cluster, he said. The remaining workers were being tested Friday, which would bring the total tested over the two days to about 90.
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