This destination once "safe" now has an epidemic of Covid.
New cases of coronaviruses are confirmed here after weeks without cases.
Currently, the United States has more than 4.3 million cases of confirmed coronaviruses, each statereport at least 1,000 cases. So, like now, it is clear that the virus has deployed in almost all the shrimp of the country, even in places that were originally.thoughts like harmless. In fact, a "safe" destination was reopened in May, the thought it could remain intact, but now has an epidemic of Covid: Yellowstone National Park.
"At this point, alimited number of cases have emerged In different places around the park, "American Public Health OfficerGeorge Larsen said in a statement. "Currently, there is no indication of any type of distribution of the community in the park, even if we are watching very closely."
Two concession employees and three recent park visitorshave tested positive for coronavirus, theCasper Star Tribune reported on July 28th. According to the press release of the National Park Service, the first positive test employeeexperienced their symptoms of coronavirus Outside the park, and has been tested outside the park. Once confirmed to be positive, the employee was isolated and the park officials say it's "probably that this employee contracted the virus while leaving the park".
However, the other employeeTrusted symptoms Inside the park and has been tested in a clinic in the park. Once theypositive tested, the employee was immediately isolated and tracing contacts took place. According to the park officials, "several other employees were quarantined as a precaution". Health officials tested nearly 40 people in the region where the infected employee worked, but they all tested negative.
"These are the first positive tests of nearly 2,000 employees of the concession and the National Parks Service working in the park over the last two months," the park officials said. ThePark reopened on May 18th After being closed since March 24 because of the pandemic.
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But the employees were notthe only positive test. Three separate visitors tested positive to Yellowstone clinics after visiting the park. We spent a week in the park, another day stayed overnight and visited for a fair day. The park leaders say they believe that it is "very likely" at least two of the visitors (the one who does not have a night and the one who stayed only one night) "had the virus before entering in the park." As for the visitor of the long week, it was not determined if the virus was contracted while the visitor was in the park or before entering. "
According to official Yellowstone National Park officials are the first visitors topositive test On nearly 1.4 million who visited the reopened park.
"Some of these visitor cases have presented symptoms before entering the park", Superintendent of YellowstoneCam Sholly said in a statement. "YesYou have symptoms As your visit goes, do the responsible thing and do not come to the park. You end up putting our employees, health care providers and other visitors at risk. We thank once again in the United States of Wyoming and Montana (Park County, Wyoming and Park County, Montana), to help us have a test capacity and additional public health expertise. And for places where coronavirus numbers improve,Dr. Fauci says that these huge Covid business of 4 states "comes back".