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A nursing home in Aberdeen is witnessing a rapid spread of the coronavirus.

A nursing home in aberdeen is witnessing a rapid spread of the coronavirus // staff members say the virus is spreading because employees are still having to come into work despite showing symptoms and nd being exposed to the virus..... some of them are now voicing their frustration// our quentin smith has more.

Workers inside the care center of aberdeen tell me it's a cycle here.... workers come in with symptoms... they spread it to the patients... the patients then spread it back to staff member taking care of them... staff members say each day they show up to work, they're putting not only themselves....but the elderly residents at risk.

The corona virus is hitting the care center of aberdeen in a major way.

"we the ones passing it.

The employees" bernice walker is a staff member at the facility... she...and other workers say they're still required to come into work despite telling administrators they have symptoms of covid- 19.

" they are short of help now so they are really not bothered by how you are feeling or if you still got it, they just need somebody there to help, they are shorthanded."

" their policy over there was you come back to work until you get your results, and i told her well, i already have a bunch of the symptoms, but she still said their policy was for me to come back, so i did get a chance to work one of those days" the mississippi department of health says it is essential to remain at home if you have symptoms while waiting on results.

But, walker says she was threatened to be written up if she didn't come back into work.

She came back wearing her gloves and face mask.... but deep down she says she knows she exposed more people to the virus.

" since i've went back i've had at least three, and most were on my hall.

Mostly everybody was on the 100 side, they tested positive for that stuff, so yeah, i had it and some more aides had it, so we had to have passed it on to them because some of those people don't even go out nowhere, so where are they going to get it from?"

She blames the spread of the covid-19 cases on what she says is the center's poor leadership..

'aint nobody cleaning anything."

According to the state department of health, since july 2..... 32 staff members have tested positive for the coronavirus, 18 residents have tested positive for it, and there have been two deaths due to the coronavirus at the facility.

Taquisha randle was one of the staff members to test positive.

She's now waiting the results from her third test.... " i'm at the point now i'm scared.

I'm lucky that i made it through this, i don't know if i can get it again because if i do i might not be as lucky.

" i think it's all about money for them.

They are coming in and they are making sure that staff is there, and they are not caring who has it and who don't have it, as long as you're not completely broke down they want you at work."

We reached out to care center of aberdeen.

They said they are following all cdc guidelines and that they have measures in place to keep everyone safe.

They declined to give an on-camera comment take