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DEPARTMENT? JAYNE: TWO OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY FIRST RESPONDERS THAT HAVE TESTED POSITIVE ARE E.M.S. PROVIDERS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE OTHER IS A BALTIMORE POLICE OFFICER. THE TEST RESULTS CONFIRMING THAT THEY HAD INDEED CONTRACTED CORONAVIRUS CAME BACK TODAY. OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAD BOTH BEEN IN SELF-QUARANTINE DUE TO THEIR ILLNESS FOR SOME TIME. A CONTACT WAS CALLED A CONTACT TRACE INVESTIGATION IS NOW UNDER WAY TO DETERMINE WHERE THEY MAY HAVE CONTRACTED THE VIRUS, WHO THEY'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO CONTAIN THE SPREAD AND THE AREA, ACCORDING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE AREA WHERE THE OFFICER WORKED HAS BEEN SANITIZED. BOTH THE FIRE CHIEF AND FIRE OFFICIALS AND THE POLICE COMMISSIONER ADDRESSED THIS, THESE TEST RESULTS THAT CAME BACK TODAY A SHORT TIME AG >> OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE IS AT HOME FOR A WEEK AND IS ON THE RECOVERY SIDE OF THIS. WAS IN GOOD SPIRITS AND CERTAINLY SAID THAT TODAY WAS FAR BETTER THAN YESTERDAY AND THIS WEEK IS FAR BETTER THAN LAST WEEK. >> ONE OF OUR MEMBERS IS IN GOOD SPIRITS AND ACTUALLY FEELING BETTER. HE'S ABOUT A WEEK TO EIGHT DAYS INTO HIS SELF-QUARANTINE ISOLATION. THE OTHER MEMBER I SPOKE WITH A FAMILY MEMBER OF THAT PERSON AND THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE FEELING BETTER THAN THEY WERE YESTERDAY. JAYNE: AGAIN, ONE OF THE E.M.S. PROVIDERS IS, HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED. AGAIN, THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE FIRE OFFICIAL, MAYOR AND OTHER CITY OFFICIALS TODAY CERTAINLY REMINDED THAT WHAT THIS UNDERLINES THE FACT THAT THESE TESTS HAVE COME BACK POSITIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS IS THAT FIRST RESPONDERS ARE TRULY AT THE FRONT LINE OF THIS PANDEM

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Two Baltimore City EMS providers and a police officer have tested positive for coronavirus, Mayor Jack Young announced Thursday.|| Late-breaking coronavirus updates | Maryland's latest numbers ||"On behalf of the people of Baltimore, we are all extremely grateful for our first responders. They have a very difficult job that requires them to place their lives on the line in order to protect the public’s health. We all owe them a debt of gratitude," Young said in a statement.The Baltimore City Health Department is conducting a contact trace investigation in an effort to limit the spread of the virus.The fire chief said the members who tested positive are quarantined at home."We are taking this discovery very seriously," Fire Chief Niles Ford said. "The last thing we want to do is marginalize our ability to serve the public, while we attempt to maintain our level of quality service. Once COVID-19 made its way in Maryland, specifically Baltimore City, everyone in the department received protocols and guidelines about protecting themselves and the community from this nationwide pandemic."The police commissioner said the officer is in good spirits. When the officer learned that they may have been exposed to the virus, the officer self-quarantined for over a week. The officer remains quarantined and is recovering."This member has been off for over a week, while awaiting their test results," Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said. "The department is taking the proactive and necessary precautions and continues to follow the recommendations of health officials within the Baltimore City Health Department. The health and safety of our members is my top priority and the department continues to remain fully committed to keeping the public safe."The Baltimore Police Department released a statement on the officer who tested positive: "This afternoon, the Baltimore Police Department was notified that an officer assigned to the Eastern District received a positive test result for COVID-19. This member has been off for over a week while awaiting their test results. The Department is taking this case very seriously and undertaking all the necessary precautions. We will continue to follow the recommendations of health officials within the Baltimore City Health Department and other public health experts, to include the CDC. The health and safety of our members is our top priority and the department continues to remain fully committed to keep its members and the public safe."