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Coronavirus Case Connected To Pool Parties At Lake Of The Ozarks

Coronavirus Case Connected To Pool Parties At Lake Of The Ozarks

Coronavirus Case Connected To Pool Parties At Lake Of The Ozarks

Camden County says someone who was at Lake of the Ozarks last weekend has tested positive for COVID-19.

The patient is from Boone County, Missouri.

They arrived on Saturday and got sick on Sunday.

They spent time at Backwater Jacks, Shady Gators and Lazy Gators Pool, and Buffalo Wild Wings.

Lake of the Ozarks made the national news last week after video surfaced showing hundreds of people partying close together in and around pools.

Here’s more on the timeline from the Camden County Health Department:

Camden County Health Department has been notified of a Boone County resident who has tested positive for Covid-19 after being in the Lake area on May 23 & 24.

The case arrived here on Saturday and developed illness on Sunday, so was likely incubating illness and possibly infectious at the time of the visit.

Due to the need to inform mass numbers of unknown people, we are publicly releasing the following timeline, which was provided by the case.

Investigation is in progress by Boone County Health Department, with Lake Area Health Departments assisting with local contacts.

There have been no cases reported in Camden County residents this week.

Saturday May 23

  • Backwater Jacks ~1-5pm
  • Shady Gators and Lazy Gators Pool 5:40pm-9pm
  • Backwater Jacks 940pm-10pm

Sunday May 24

  • Buffalo Wild Wings 1pm-2pm
  • Shady Gators ~2:30pm until~6:30-7pm
  • Taxi from Shady Gators to private residence around 7pm

The public who may have been in these places is asked to please monitor for symptoms:

fever, cough, shortness of breath, body aches, headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of taste or smell

If you develop symptoms, please contact your physician, and isolate until test results are known.

Please Stay Home If You Are Sick!

Locally, testing is available at Lake Regional Urgent Care and COMC facilities (beginning June 2).

There are also numerous testing sites around the state.

Please see https://health.mo.gov/living/healthcondiseases/communicable/novel-coronavirus/mobile-testing.php for listings of a site near you.

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