Many of the area's essential workers are African-American or Hispanic, and their infection and death rates are considerably higher than those of the white population.
A worker cleans the Delta self check-in kiosks at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, May 5, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. Picture: Drew Angerer / Getty Images / AFP
Washington and the neighboring states of Maryland and Virginia now have more than 50,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and there have been some 2,300 deaths. “We are a highly populated area with a high density,” said Travis Gayles, chief of public health services in Maryland’s Montgomery County, which borders Washington.
“It is not uncommon that two families share a two-bedroom apartment,” said Gayles. “When one is positive, it spreads quickly, and it is much more difficult to isolate.” “This virus has not left the District,” Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said on Monday. “We are where we thought we would be in having peak experiences during the month of May.”
“There are more test kits and more testing sites,” she said. “We are building capacities to test more individuals.Castel said it was important to ensure that those who test positive “go into isolation and that their contacts are also screened for symptoms and put into quarantine.”“Over the weekend, there was a lot more movement,” she said. “That’s concerning — people are tired.”
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