An employee at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville has tested positive for coronavirus.

Employees at the Huntsville-based NASA facility received notification this morning of the switch to mandatory telework effective immediately and until further notice.

MSFC Director Jody Singer said the facility was notified Friday evening that one of its employees tested positive for coronavirus. Access to the center is being restricted to mission-essential personnel and individuals who had contact with the patient are being identified and notified.

"Access to the center will be restricted to mission-essential personnel only, as defined in the response framework. More guidance will follow for those who do not have equipment to work from home or who work in labs or other facilities requiring similar technical equipment that is a fixed asset,” Singer said. "The status of the center will be updated regularly and communicated to all employees.”

Alabama currently has six confirmed cases of coronavirus, including one in Limestone County, the county adjacent to Marshall’s home county of Madison. It’s unclear if the MSFC case is the same as the Limestone patient.

Marshall Space Flight Center employs some 6,000 people at its facility in Redstone Arsenal.

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