3 Warren County residents test positive for COVID-19 after Florida vacation
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Three Warren County residents have tested positive for the coronavirus after they returned to the Capital Region from vacationing in Florida, county officials said.
According to Warren County Administrator Ryan Moore, the three residents tested positive Wednesday afternoon. Previously, Warren County had gone 30 days with no new cases.
The three residents returned to Warren County from a Florida vacation on Thursday, June 25 and Friday, June 26. They were tested for COVID-19 after they began to feel ill.
Warren County Health Services, the New York State Department of Health, and Centers for Disease Control are working to trace contacts, including others who were on the same flights.
Those flights were:
June 25 arrival – Allegiant Airlines flight 1505 (Punta Gorda, FL to Albany International)
Anyone who was on those flights should call their county health department. In Warren County, the number is (518) 761-6580.
“These three new positive cases should serve as a wake-up call to anybody who isn’t taking this virus seriously. New York State and the Capital Region have improved, but the threat remains and all the progress we’ve made can be undermined. It’s no great mystery that Florida and many other states have been struggling with spikes in this virus. If you haven’t already gotten smart about your vacation decisions, then get smart. You’re putting yourself and your community at risk.”
Warren County Administrator Ryan Moore
The state of Florida is currently one of 16 that New York State has declared an “at-risk” state. Anyone returning from those states is required to self-quarantine for 14 days.
States included in travel advisory:
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Arizona
- California
- Florida
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Idaho
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- North Carolina
- Nevada
- South Carolina
- Tennesee
- Texas
- Utah
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