Confirmation that five members from the same Emergency Medical Service station in Astoria, Queens have been diagnosed with COVID-19 has their unions concerned it’s a harbinger of a second wave of the virus.
A spokesman for the Fire Department confirmed that they had been placed on medical leave from Station 49 but denied that there had been any uptick in the rate of infection among the EMS ranks and firefighters.
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