LANSING, Mich. (WILX) – The Ingham County Health Department sent out a “public exposure site notice” Saturday to Riverfront Animal Hospital after three people tested positive for COVID-19. But the health department says the clinic found out earlier and didn’t reveal the exposure soon enough.
Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail said the health department learned of the known exposure between June 23 and July 2, but not before Riverfront Animal Hospital posted a note on its door. on known positive tests.
“The notice went up to the door about the closing and at that point [the note] He said there were confirmed positive and suspicious cases, “Vail told News 10.” No one called us for that. That’s something we all had to discover afterwards. There was an awareness during that time that something was happening, and testing was ongoing, and still people were still on site. ”
This is only the second time that the Ingham County Health Department has issued a public exposure site notice. The health department issued one on June 23 for Harper’s Restaurant & Brew Pub after 14 people initially tested positive for coronavirus. As of July 3, there are 158 cases of Harper-linked coronaviruses, according to health officials.
Vail added that the clinic was unable to provide a list of names of people who were at the site between June 23 and July 2, and that is part of the reason the notice was sent. Still, Vail says she doesn’t expect this showroom to have as many linked positives as Harper’s. But, she believes that there are more people than have been identified so far who contracted the virus at Riverfront Animal Hospital.
“As you know, a bar is a very high risk situation. We look forward to some of these little outbreaks, we just hope we don’t have to do a lot of public notifications, ”Vail said. “If people are doing the right things, that doesn’t end up being necessary.”
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