( File ) NEW JERSEY - A Bergen County Sheriff’s Office Corrections Officer who works at the Bergen County Jail tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus on Wednesday.
The officer was asked to self-quarantine for 14 days. Seven additional corrections officers in close contact have also been asked to self-quarantine out of precaution.
Medical staff at the Bergen County Jail are closely monitoring inmates who may have been in contact, according to a release by the sheriff.
The Bergen County officials say that the jail is following CDC and Federal Bureau of Prisons COVID-19 guidelines for law enforcement.