A second L.A. County Probation Department employee who works inside a Sylmar juvenile hall has tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said.
A second L.A County Probation Department employee who works inside a Sylmar juvenile hall has tested positive for COVID-19, raising the number of children quarantined in the facility to several dozen, officials said.
None of the youths at the facility are symptomatic, and their parents and guardians have been notified of the exposure, the department said. The employee, now under quarantine at home, last worked at the facility on Sunday. In recent weeks, a public defender assigned to the Sylmar Juvenile Courthouse also tested positive for the virus, leading officials to close the courthouse for several days. The courthouse is attached to the Nidorf Juvenile Hall. The public defender contracted the virus after caring for a relative who had also tested positive, a news release issued by the Los Angeles County Superior Court said.
The Probation Department has maintained that it is taking precautions to prevent the spread of the virus. Adam Wolfson, communications director for the department, has said that probation officers are limiting the congregation of youths to groups of six or fewer, having them shower individually, and staggering meal times to prevent large groups from gathering in mess halls.
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