Officials: Some who went to huge Sturgis rally have COVID-19
SIOUX FALLS (AP) – South Dakota health officials warned Thursday that a number of people who attended the 10-day Sturgis Motorcycle Rally this month, including some who came from out of state, have come down with COVID-19.
Department of Health officials did not give an exact number of rallygoers who tested positive, but they said it was under 25. The rally, which ended Sunday, brought hundreds of thousands of people from far and wide to the city in the western part of the state. Even before it kicked off, some locals and officials expressed concern that COVID-19 could spread rapidly at the rally and that it would be hard to track rallygoers who got infected before heading home.
The state's health department has received reports from other states that people who traveled from the rally have tested positive, state epidemiologist Josh Clayton said.
Contact tracers have been able to work with most people to determine who they were around and may have infected. But the health department has issued public warnings for two bars – one in Sturgis and the other at a popular stop for riders along U.S. Highway 385 near Mount Rushmore. Clayton said they did not know how many people were exposed at the bars.
Read more: https://brookingsregister.com/article/officials-some-who-went-to-huge-sturgis-rally-have-covid-19
Another report that I read stated that one of the artists at a tattoo parlor also tested positive for COVID-19.
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Who could have known this would be coming....
