GENESEE COUNTY/COVID-19 Press Briefing 3.18.2020

Covid-19 update from the Genesee/Orleans County Health Department as of 4:00p.m.

Currently 7 people are under precautionary quarantine, 10 people are under mandatory quarantine and 1 person(positive case) is under mandatory isolation.

Contact tracing has been underway in regards to the positive case identified yesterday in Genesee County. The Health Department has been working with the Girl Scouts of America and there is an association with the confirmed case in Genesee County. The Health Department is working with the Girl Scouts to identify all exposures and identify dates and locations.

Direct contacts, within 6 feet during symptomatic period, with the confirmed case have been notified, interviewed and are under mandatory quarantine. Swabs have been conducted on symptomatic people.

In Orleans County there are 2 people under precautionary quarantine, 5 people are under mandatory quarantine and 0 people are under mandatory isolation.

Testing is still limited in Genesee and Orleans County and people are still advised to contact their providers by phone with questions about symptoms or illness.

For general questions, the community is asked to contact the NYS Hotline at 1-888-364-3065

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