Connecticut’s fourth COVID-19 case is a Stamford resident who recently flew home from abroad via JFK International Airport in New York.
Stamford city officials say the patient took all the right steps. His family picked him up from the airport in a private car. Then they notified Stamford Hospital ahead of their arrival.
Arthur Augustyn, a spokesperson for the Stamford mayor's office, says the patient had symptoms and tested positive Wednesday night.
“We sort of lucked out in a way because the family took precautionary measures, the individual took precautionary measures, and the hospital knew that the person is coming, so this is about as well as it should have gone for cases like this. So we don’t believe any other Stamford residents were exposed.”
Augustyn could not say where the patient had traveled because of health privacy laws. He says the state health department is monitoring potential contacts the patient may have had, especially on the plane.
The patient is in isolation at the hospital. His family is in self-isolation at home.