DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. - A person who went to work sick likely caused two separate COVID-19 outbreaks in Oregon, resulting in seven deaths and forcing more than 300 people into quarantine, officials said.Douglas County officials said last week that a person knowingly went to work while they were sick and later tested positive for the virus.
Two recent outbreaks in the county were traced back to that individual."One of those outbreaks has resulted in seven deaths, and the other recent outbreak has placed over 300 people/families in quarantine," a Dec.
17 statement from Douglas County read. "We can't even imagine the tremendous remorse these people are feeling right now, and we sympathize with them."The first outbreak resulted in nearly 20% of.