TAMPA — Since March, about one in two Tampa city workers have either fallen ill with the coronavirus or had to isolate because of being exposed to it, Mayor Jane Castor’s chief of staff said Thursday.
About 2,100 workers in all have been affected by the virus, which has challenged efforts to maintain daily municipal operations, said John Bennett.
The impact on front line workers has been spread throughout city departments. Tampa Fire Rescue has had more than 60 cases and 830 quarantines; the police department has seen more than 60 cases and been forced to isolate more then 760 employees. Other city workers have tested positive in about 110 cases. Another 550 have quarantined, Bennett told City Council members.
That’s more than double the number of workers who contracted the virus or had to isolate themselves since June, when the Tampa Bay Times asked Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater for the number of each city’s workers affected by the virus.
Throughout the pandemic, the city has continued to collect trash, process sewage, police the streets and fight fires.
City Council members began meeting in person at the Tampa Convention Center for council meetings on June 4, only to revert to virtual meetings in late July during a surge in the city’s infection rate.
Council member Joseph Citro said he’s hopeful that council members can return to live meetings at the Convention Center on Nov. 5. No final decision has been made.
October 01, 2020 at 08:40AM
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