The Department of Public Health and Social Services released a list of the places where 23 health care workers who tested positive for COVID-19 work.

The department included the information in a response to a Freedom of Information Act request from Michelle Armenta, president of The Vigiliance Committee, Inc.

Public Health Director Linda Unpingco DeNorcey two weeks ago wouldn't say which health care settings had medical workers who tested positive for COVID-19.

The only information she provided was the number of health care workers who were COVID-19 positive, five at one unnamed location, and 12 at another.

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DeNorcey said the locations were private businesses and she wanted to ensure anonymity.

However, an isolation unit spreadsheet provided by Public Health in response to the FOIA request showed 12 workers were from Guam Memorial Hospital, which is not a private business.

The breakdown provided by Public Health is:

1 FHP

12 GMH

2 Guam Regional Medical City

6 Health Services of the Pacific

2 Seventh-Day Adventist Clinic

Guam Memorial Hospital Administrator Lillian Perez-Posadas confirmed last month that one nurse tested positive for COVID-19, but had not gotten it from working at the public hospital. She got the virus from meeting friends who traveled from Manila.

Earlier this month she also confirmed five of the people who tested positive for COVID-19 were GMH workers, and they were at home.

There haven't been updates on how many GMH workers have since tested positive for COVID-19 since then, news files state.

DeNorcey during a Monday press conference said 19 of the island's 118 COVID-19 cases that had no travel history were through health care contact.

Five were patients and 14 were health care workers, DeNorcey said.

Although Public Health denied naming the health care settings because they were private businesses the agency has previously named other locations.

Public Health named private businesses with COVID-19 cases including United Airlines and Hafa Adai Bingo. It also has named Iglesia ni Cristo.

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