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A Roscommon bartender, who walked into his busy bar last weekend, said he hadn’t realized he was supposed to isolate himself while awaiting the result of a coronavirus test.
Gordon Murray has since closed down his An Bóthar Rua pub in the town of Elphin after testing positive for the virus. However, he admitted that he had walked into the bar full of 50 to 60 people on Saturday night while waiting for his test result.
“I will raise my hands and say that I did not know that I had to isolate myself. If I had known I was supposed to, I would not have been in the bar on Saturday, ”she said, adding that she has been showing mild flu-like symptoms.
Forty minutes
He said he was at the bar for up to 40 minutes at night. She said she did not know in advance that an 18th birthday party was taking place at her bar.
When he arrived to check in at his pub shortly after 10 pm, he found a party consisting of “about 20 people” sitting around “about three tables,” he told the Roscommon Herald.
“Unfortunately, we are in a small, tight-knit community and they are quick to point the finger. It is a lesson, “he continued.”
Separately, the Health Service Executive issued advice Thursday for people living in northern Roscommon and the wider Elphin region, saying public health officials are “aware” of Covid- 19 in the area.
Public health officials have conducted an examination of the local situation and close contacts of people who have tested positive for the virus in recent days are being contacted.
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