At least five people have tested positive for the new coronavirus after attending a so-called “mini-prom” in Illinois, Wabash County health officials have announced.
The Wabash County Department of Health took to Facebook last week to warn people attending the mini-prom at the Anderson Building in Mt. Carmel on Aug. 4 that they may have been exposed to “multiple confirmed positive cases of COVID-19.”
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Health officials told local outlet 14 News that at least five cases were linked to the event, in which 40 “close contacts” were possibly exposed.
Officials encourage anyone attending the event to contact the Department of Health if they now have a fever of 100.4, fever, cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headaches, loss of taste or smell, sore throat, disturbance, runny nose, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea. “
Officials also encouraged those who believe they may have contact with an infected person to reach out as well, as those who are positive for COVID-19 but asymptomatic may still be able to spread the virus.
The Wabash County Department of Health took to Facebook last week to warn people attending the mini-prom at the Anderson Building in Mt. Carmel on Aug. 4 that they may have been exposed to “multiple confirmed positive cases of COVID-19.” (iStock)
“We’re just trying to warn the other kids who may have been there – that they may have been in contact with several positive cases and to look for symptoms,” Wabash County Health Department Manager Judy Wissel told 14 News.
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Meanwhile, the superintendent of Wabash Community Unit Schools, Chuck Bleyer, told the news station that the mini-prom was not an official school event. The district’s prom, which was scheduled for earlier this year, was canceled over health care.
To date, Illinois has reported more than 200,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and more than 7,700 deaths, according to official state data.
