Petersburg Medical Center has come out with more information about a medical records breach. They say about 200 patients were affected. The community hospital announced Monday that one of its employees had viewed records for patients not under their care.
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March 8th is International Women’s Day. The U.S. began recognizing the holiday in recent years but many other countries have been celebrating it for decades. In Petersburg, Working Against Violence for Everyone or WAVE is bringing the holiday to light this year as an opportunity for the community to come together.
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Petersburg Medical Center announced Monday that it learned of a potential breach of federal health care privacy law with some patients’ medical records. But the community hospital says the information was not released outside its walls.
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The outbreak hasn’t been traced to any single event but it’s been widespread. “Young kids all the way up to people in their 80s and everywhere in between,” said Public Health Nurse, Erin Michael. “It’s an equal opportunity infection.”
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Petersburg’s active COVID cases climbed to 52 Thursday. The weekly positivity rate dropped a bit from just over 9 percent to 8.1 percent. There were 295 tests pending as of Thursday evening.
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