Kalifornia's Killer Kostume Kills one with Kovid, Infects Others

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A worker has now died after over 40 emergency staff members at a hospital in San Jose tested positive for COVID-19 in the past week. An air-powered costume with a fan may be to blame.

NBC Bay Area reports 43 workers have tested positive over the past week. One employee passed away. She was a registration clerk in the emergency department at Kaiser Permanente. NBC Bay Area reports the hospital is investigating whether an incident where a staff member briefly wore a costume with an air-powered fan on Christmas Day could have led to air droplets being spread around the hospital.

“Using our infection proven protocols, we are investigating the outbreak and using contact tracing to personally notify and test any staff or patients who were exposed during this time period based on CDC and public health guidelines,” a spokesperson said in a statement to NBC Bay Area.

Kaiser said the worker wearing the costume didn’t have symptoms at the time.

The hospital said the emergency department is undergoing a deep cleaning and will not permit air-powered costumes at facilities in the future.
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