TJJD: Gainesville State School staff test positive for coronavirus | news

A Gainesville State School employee recently tested positive for the coronavirus, officials from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department said.

On Thursday afternoon, July 22, an agent from the inspector general’s office at the juvenile detention center at 678 Farm-to-Market Road tested positive for COVID-19, according to a press release from TJJD spokesman Brian Sweany.

Sweany told the registry on Monday July 26th that the OIG employee was working in an off-campus trailer.

“We don’t see any potential spread to youth,” said Sweany.

On Monday there were 124 young people in the state facility. Gainesville State School also has 230 employees, he said. However, not all employees are on campus every day.

Sweany said OIG staff have 11 positions at the Gainesville facility. He said he did not want to identify the gender of the employee who tested positive because the information could identify the employee.

The last positive coronavirus case on campus was on June 14th. Sweany said the case involved a youth coach. He had not been on campus since May 3 and “therefore did not pose a threat to the young people or the staff,” said Sweany.

According to Sweany, this employee has since recovered from the pandemic virus and has returned to work.

According to the TJJD’s website, 13 young people and 41 employees in the state facility have tested positive since the pandemic began.

COVID-19, which stands for Coronavirus Disease 2019, is caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. It was first published in Wuhan, China, in late 2019.

Symptoms of COVID-19 include fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, tiredness, muscle or limb aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, constipation or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, and diarrhea to the centers for that Disease control and prevention. Symptoms can appear two to 14 days after exposure to the virus, officials said.

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