Media quote Ferrini-Mundy on new COVID-19 cases among UMaine staff
The Associated Press, WABI (Channel 5) and Mainebiz reported on comments made by University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy following the diagnosis of 10 facilities management employees with coronavirus. “We are hopeful that all individuals in our communities who have tested positive and are afflicted or impacted by COVID-19 will have good health and rapid recovery, and will experience quarantine and isolation periods that progress easily,” she said. The employees’ diagnosis prompted the closing of the facilities management administration building and testing of another 240 employees identified through contract tracing. The Portland Press Herald also reported on the 10 recently diagnosed staff members at UMaine. The Portland Press Herald and New England Cable News (in Boston) also reported on the 10 recently diagnosed staff members at UMaine. Centralmaine.com, U.S. News and World Report, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington Times and the Herald Review shared the AP story.