7 People With COVID-19 May Have Exposed The Public To The Illness Before Being Diagnosed

KSMU | By Michele Skalicky

Published July 7, 2020 at 5:10 AM CDT

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The Springfield-Greene County Health Department has released another list of potential community exposures from people who had COVID-19 but hadn’t yet been diagnosed.

The latest list includes several places visited by seven people who had COVID-19 and some workplaces.

Three people who have the illness worked while sick, according to the health department.

They worked at: La Hacienda, 1370 S. Glenstone in Springfield, Tuesday, June 23, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. while infectious, symptomatic and wearing a mask; Big Whiskey’s, 900 N. Old Towne Ave. in Republic, from 5 to 11 p.m. on Friday, June 26, while infectious and symptomatic and wearing a mask; and at Mexican Villa West, 1100 W. Sunshine in Springfield, on Wednesday and Thursday, July 1 and 2, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. while infectious but not symptomatic and not wearing a mask.

Here's the list of recent places visited by people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19:

Thursday, June 25: Walmart Supercenter at 2825 N Kansas Expy. from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. (infectious but not symptomatic, masked)
Friday, June 26: Walmart Supercenter at 2825 N Kansas Expy., time not known (infectious and symptomatic, masked)
Friday, June 26: Dollar Tree at 2654 N Kansas Expy., time not known (infectious and symptomatic, masked)
Friday, June 26: Walmart Supercenter at 1150 US 60 in Republic around 4:30 p.m. for about 20 minutes (infectious and symptomatic, not masked)
Monday, June 29: Dollar General at 401 S Miller Rd in Willard between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. (infectious but not symptomatic, masked)
Monday, June 29: Apple Market at 500 Miller Rd in Willard between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. (infectious but not symptomatic, masked)
Friday, July 3: Lowe’s Home Improvement at 1225 US 60 in Republic from 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. (infectious but not symptomatic, masked)
Friday, July 3: ALDI at 1434 US 60 in Republic from 2:15 p.m. to 3 p.m. (infectious but not symptomatic, masked)
Friday, July 3: Walmart Supercenter at 2825 N Kansas Expy from 2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. (infectious and symptomatic, masked)
Saturday, July 4: Walmart Supercenter at 3520 W Sunshine St from 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. (infectious and symptomatic, masked)

Anyone at those places on those dates should monitor for symptoms.

Learn more here.

The Springfield-Greene County Health Department added 35 new cases to the dashboard on its website on Monday. Greene County has had a 12 percent increase in COVID-19 cases in the last week, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.