Seven Jacksonville firefighters who volunteered to help search a collapsed South Florida condominium have been diagnosed with COVID-19, according to Fire and Rescue Department officials.
WJCT News partner The Florida Times-Union reported they have returned home, as have the rest of the 80-person team sent a week ago to help in the massive search effort for the victims of the fallen Champlain Towers South in Surfside.
"We recognized it early, tested everybody and we separated anybody who is positive and sent them home early," Capt. Eric Prosswimmer said.
No one knows how the unidentified firefighters, who joined about 350 from across the world in the effort, came down with the virus. Prosswimmer could not answer if the seven had been vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus.
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