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Six rescue workers test positive for coronavirus at the Florida condo collapse site
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Miami-Dade, Florida – According to the chief of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, six emergency medical workers helping with rescue efforts at the site of a collapsed condo in Surfside, Florida, have tested positive for the coronavirus.
The chief said that the six emergency medical workers were firefighters from Florida, but that they were not from Miami-Dade.
“We do have our medical procedures in place,” he said. “Unfortunately, this is another challenge, but something we’ve been dealing with for over the past year.”
Average daily reports of new cases in Florida have risen by 55 percent in the past two weeks. Across the state, 65 percent of residents 18 and older have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, and 56 percent are fully vaccinated.
Saturday, Chief Cominsky said the rescue effort would continue with teams from Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, and Indiana in addition to those from Florida.
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