FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Five employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s hurricane hunter base in Central Florida have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said.The areas where the employees worked at the Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland were closed on June 9 and cleaned “out of an abundance of caution,” spokesman Jonathan Shannon said.The employees had last worked in the center between June 3 and June 8, Shannon said.Anyone who was known to have been in contact with the employees has been notified of the test results and those employees have been asked to self-quarantine for 14 days, Shannon said.He said the base continues to follow guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and state.