FedEx to employees: Take signs of illness seriously
By Wayne Risher, Daily Memphian
Updated: March 09, 2020 5:04 PM CT | Published: March 09, 2020 5:04 PM CT
FedEx is telling employees to take signs of illness seriously and stay home if they’re not feeling well. Some employees report a higher incidence of being allowed to work from home, although a company statement didn’t address that.
The Memphis patient, who is still hospitalized at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis, is making good progress, according to Dr. Stephen Threlkeld, infectious disease expert and a member of the care team.
More than 100 people in Shelby County and Mississippi had contact with the unidentified person diagnosed Sunday as the area’s first confirmed case of novel coronavirus and 70 of them have been quarantined, Shelby County Health Department director Dr. Alisa Haushalter said Monday, March 9.
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