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Five sanitarians from the Gregorio Marañón Hospital have tested positive for coronavirus after holding a farewell lunch for two resident doctors who have been training in the department of Pneumology. Another 16 workers are in isolation in case they had also been infected, according to 'El País' and a spokesman for the center has confirmed to this newspaper.

In the absence of the results of the epidemiological investigation being carried out by the Department of Occupational Health, the meeting would have taken place on May 27 in a small room where at least twenty people gathered. As it was a meal, the attendees did not have the protective masks on , which could be at the origin of the focus.

Five doctors, three pulmonologists and two residents subsequently presented "symptoms compatible" with Covid-19, according to a spokesman for Gregorio Marañón. All of them were tested and tested positive.

After monitoring possible contacts, the center keeps 16 other workers in isolation: eight nurses, two auxiliaries, two administrative staff, and four other doctors. All of them are "in quarantine and active surveillance by the Occupational Health Service in compliance with the protocols of the Ministry of Health established for these cases."

"The Gregorio Marañón Hospital will continue to closely monitor these professionals and will complete the epidemiological investigation to analyze possible responsibilities derived from unauthorized acts , " say the same official sources.

This health center, one of the most coronavirus cases treated during the pandemic in Madrid, celebrated the discharge of its 2,000th patient over the weekend , an 88-year-old man who has returned home after recovering. This Monday an outbreak was detected within the hospital itself after the farewell lunch held in the department of Neoumology, directly related to the treatment of this disease.

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