The coronavirus outbreak at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is being investigated by the Centers for Disease Control.
During a media briefing this week, Maine CDC Director Dr N. Nirav Shah said 18 new cases have been confirmed among workers at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard as of Thursday. He said 13 of the people who tested positive for the novel’s coronavirus are Maine residents, while four are from New Hampshire and one from Massachusetts.
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“We have identified the person who caused the outbreak, a group of individuals who traveled together from Sanford to the Naval Shipyard,” Shah said.
Shah further said, “There was a community van where nine people were riding in that van, often in different, different, different, different, different, different, different, different, different, different, different, different, different.
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Of the 18 individuals who signed the COVID-19 contract, Shah said, at least two were not employees of the shipyard but had “close domestic contacts with the employees of the shipyard.”
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One person is not thought to have worked or is believed to have worked with the other 17 positive individuals, and health officials are investigating whether the case is an accidental discovery.
“It’s a common question whether we feel like someone accidentally finds someone or is part of the fury we’re seeing,” Shah said.
The Mauni CDC is working with the naval shipyard to investigate the outbreak and take note of the transmission pattern.
As of Thursday, Maine has reported about 4,962 cases of the novel virus. The death toll remained unchanged at 138, according to the Maine CDC.
