Fort Worth area clinic temporarily closed after employees test positive for COVID-19
A Southlake medical clinic remained closed on Friday after two employees tested positive for COVID-19.
Baylor Scott & White-Southlake Family Medicine was closed on Thursday after officials received information the two employees had tested positive in the last few days.
Officials said they did not believe any patients were exposed to the staff members when they were contagious as the employees did not interact with patients at the time of their symptoms.
The ages of the employees and their current conditions were not released by officials.
The clinic is temporarily closed as workers are cleaning and sanitizing the facility.
Officials had not released information Friday on when the clinic would reopen.
Officials noted they are following guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to protect patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As of Friday, there were 114 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Tarrant County, four of them in Southlake, according to county health officials.
This story was originally published March 27, 2020 at 12:22 PM.
