{"id":77254,"date":"2020-03-11T21:30:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T01:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=77254"},"modified":"2020-11-24T19:02:05","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T00:02:05","slug":"low-risk-covid-19-exposure-on-2-27-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2020\/03\/11\/low-risk-covid-19-exposure-on-2-27-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Low-risk COVID-19 exposure on 2\/27\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A news release from the Allen County Department of Health:<\/p>\n

Low-risk COVID-10 exposure on 2\/27\/2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(March 11, 2020) \u2013 Health officials are notifying the community of a low-risk exposure to a presumptive positive COVID-19 case during the Fort Wayne Home and Garden Show.<\/p>\n

Allen County Department of Health officials learned Wednesday an individual who has since received a positive COVID-19 diagnosis was at the Fort Wayne Home and Garden Show at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum for a limited amount of time February 27. The public risk from this exposure is very low. <\/p>\n

\u201cWith the novel coronavirus COVID-19 declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization today, low-risk exposures like this will likely occur throughout the community for the next several months.\u201d said Allen County Health Commissioner Dr. Deb McMahan. \u201cCommunity members should take precautions collectively to protect themselves and others by washing hands frequently, monitoring themselves for symptoms and avoiding work and public gatherings when sick.\u201d<\/p>\n

Memorial Coliseum general manager Randy Brown said his staff has been utilizing increased cleaning efforts and provided hand sanitizer stations at events since COVID-19 became more widespread issue earlier this year. People who have attended events at the Coliseum since February 27 are not at increased risk of exposure.<\/p>\n

With the COVID-19 incubation period of 14 days and the average person exhibiting symptoms by day 5, anyone infected from this exposure would likely already be showing symptoms. However, out of an abundance of caution since the incubation period ends March 12, visitors to the show on February 27 should watch for symptoms for the next 24 hours. <\/p>\n

The Department recommends the following to February 27 Fort Wayne Home and Garden Show visitors:<\/p>\n