Four HMC Staff Test Positive for COVID-19

By Jackson Blaze Staff

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. — Four employees at Highlands Medical Center have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the hospital’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Lonnie Albin.

“I am extremely proud of the healthcare professionals at Highlands Medical Center,” Albin said. “These individuals come to work each and every day knowing there is a risk right in front of them.”

Albin stated multiple staff members had been tested, and that contacts for the four employees who tested positive were being traced. The staff members will be allowed to return to work after quarantine and completion of guidelines laid out by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).