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Fifth Medical Center Health System employee tests positive for COVID-19

The employee is a pharmacy technician at the hospital who was sent home for quarantine on Tuesday.

ODESSA, Texas — A Medical Center Hospital pharmacy technician has tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the total number of MCHS employees who have received positive test results to five.

The employee was sent home for quarantine on Wednesday and was wearing a mask while at work in accordance with MCHS policy. 

The pharmacy technician contracted COVID-19 from a family member who also tested positive for the virus.

Of the four other positive cases, two nurses have recovered and been cleared to return to work, while a housekeeper that has tested positive for the virus a second time and a Family Health Clinic employee remains quarantined at home.

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