Maryland county officials pledge to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a veteran public health worker. Chantee Mack, featured in an AP KHNews story, died of COVID-19. Relatives and coworkers think she contracted the virus on the job.
Mack’s coworker Rhonda Wallace, leader of a local branch of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, said she and others from the union met with two county council members shortly after the stories ran, then was told about the investigation after a separate meeting among county council members and officials.County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and Health Officer Dr. Ernest Carter discussed the need for a probe at a coronavirus news conference on July 30.
Mack, who worked in the sexually transmitted diseases program, faced health challenges and was twice denied permission to work from home in March,. She was among 100 staffers deemed essential during the pandemic out of the more than 500 employees at the health department. Mack was exposed to a pregnant employee who later became the first in the program to be diagnosed with COVID-19. Mack was tested for the coronavirus in early April, was hospitalized around mid-month and stayed on a ventilator for four weeks. She died May 11.
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