medical officer
Noun
Meaning
a medical practitioner in the armed forces
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Acting Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly gave a COVID-19 update on Saturday.
Also appearing at the press conference were Stacey Anderson, Lead Communicable Disease Epidemiologist and Greg Holzman, State Medical Officer.
Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink said that there wasn’t a lot of clarity around staffing numbers, but says those daily check-ins are filling in that gap.
Albertans are allowed to leave isolation after 10 days if they feel OK, but Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw had decided to be more cautious with health care workers and tacked four days to their quarantine.
According to District Medical Officer V. Jayasree, one of the new patients is the mother of an infant who tested positive for the virus on Saturday.
According to the Chief Medical Officer for England, Professor Chris Whitty, two members of the same family have tested positive for the deadly virus.