Pictured: Australia’s Paydirt magazine April 2020 edition
An employee at Northern Star Resources Ltd’s Pogo operation has tested positive to COVID-19 in Alaska.
The employee is on rostered leave and is being cared for by family and Northern Star’s medical providers. It has been reported that the Pogo employee has not developed serious symptoms or complications so far. He tested positive four days after completing a 12-day roster at the mine.
Pogo continues to operate a planned, with Northern Star identifying 14 potential close contact employees who have been notified and will spend the next 14 days in mandatory isolation. Northern Star has already implemented at COVID-19 Response Plan.
The case at Pogo comes after Paydirt’s April edition was released last week, with the cover story addressing industry’s response to the COVID1-9 crisis and impacts on industry.
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