A man with COVID-19 symptoms reportedly hid them from staff at an upstate New York hospital so he could visit his wife in a maternity ward.
The man, per NBC New York, had also been exposed to the novel coronavirus. He only revealed the truth when his wife began showing symptoms after giving birth.
Rochester’s UR Medicine says it will now be taking the temperature of all visitors to its hospitals’ maternity units in effort to control what was once an honour system. “It was purely an honour system before,” spokesperson Chip Partner told the Democrat and Chronicle. “Now we’re adding the temperature check.” UR Medicine and Rochester Regional Health now also require staff, patients and visitors to wear surgical masks, according to the Rochester