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Editor's note: This article was corrected after a Collins Aerospace spokesperson retracted a previous statement and said the case is only suspected, not confirmed.

An employee at Collins Aerospace's Melbourne facility is suspected to have COVID-19, the company said in a statement Wednesday.

The employee has been told to self-isolate and will not return to work for 14 days, according to a Collins spokeswoman. The employee has not been tested for the virus because the employee did not meet the testing criteria.

Employees who may have been exposed to that person have been told to self-isolate at home and seek testing and treatment if they develop symptoms.

Collins is disinfecting workspaces the employee may have been in contact with, including common areas, according to "appropriate cleaning protocols."

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"These measures are in addition to the procedures Collins put in place following public health authority guidance, such as strict adherence to social distancing, strict cleaning procedures and reminding our employees of personal hygiene to avoid infection," a Collins spokeswoman wrote in the statement.

The spokeswoman did not say how many employees would continue working on site. According to a 2014 FLORIDA TODAY report, Collins employed 1,400 locally at that time.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Brevard has 11 confirmed cases, seven men and four women, eight travel related and three not travel related. The sick range in age from 30 to 76. There are zero deaths to date, 180 tests reported, 155 negatives and 14 test results still pending. There is currently one hospitalization.

The Collins employee is the second local suspected or connfirmed case at a major aerospace facility. Northrop Grumman said March 18 that an employee at its Melbourne facility tested positive.

The Northrop employee was quarantined and received treatment. Workers in "workspaces the employee visited" were sent home so that the facility could be sanitized and employees who had close contact with the employee were asked to self-quarantine at home. Two buildings were closed for cleaning, Northrop employees told FLORIDA TODAY, but many employees returned to work on site the next day.

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Bailey Gallion is the business and development reporter for FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Gallion at 321-242-3786 or bgallion@floridatoday.com.