After a couple of months in quarantine and some states loosening their lockdown protocols, many were bound to party for Memorial Day despite the consequences. In the Lake of the Ozarks, this is exactly what happened, and now an attendee has coronavirus.
A statement issued on Friday read, “Camden County Health Department has been notified of a Boone Couty resident who has tested positive for COVID-19 after being in the Lake area on May 23 and 24.”
The holiday weekend was filled with partygoers barhopping and swimming in public pools. Videos and pictures show that no one was wearing masks or gloves.
According to officials and reported by CNN, the infected individual visited Backwater Jacks, Shady Gators, and Lazy Gators and Buffalo Wild Wings.
Health officials are asking those who were in these places to please quarantine themselves for 14 days or until they get tested.
“The public who may have been in these places is asked to place monitor for symptoms…If you develop symptoms, please contact your physician and isolate until test results are known,” officials said.
In Camden County, no new cases of coronavirus were reported this week. Overall, in the state of Missouri, 12,795 cases have been reported, and about 738 people have died.
