First 'presumptive positive' for coronavirus confirmed in Springfield, MIssouri related to travel
(Cases are called "presumptive positive" until the positive test results are confirmed by the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, state and local officials treat them as a positive result in the meantime.)
ITS NOT A POSITIVE TEST YET
Sounds like Greene County was feeling left out. They want to be a part of the emergency so they can get some of those sweet federal funds.
The first "presumptive positive" case of coronavirus in the Ozarks is a person from Springfield in their 20s who had recently traveled to Austria.
The person exhibited symptoms and quickly called ahead to a local CoxHealth clinic separate from the hospital. They were met with a cleared cut waiting room and were immediately presented with a mask, said Robin Trotman, an infectious disease specialist at Cox.
The person was tested, and the results test came back around 3 p.m. Thursday. At 6 p.m., Gov. Mike Parson, Springfield Mayor Ken McClure and local public health officials met for a press conference.
The patient is currently isolated and is likely to make a full recovery, Trotman said.
The case is the second presumptive positive reported in Missouri, where a 20-year-old traveler from St. Louis County returned from hard-hit Italy infected with the virus.
As of Thursday, 73 people have been tested for COVID-19 statewide — up eight from Wednesday — and all but two have come back negative. The state currently has capacity to test 1,000 people, Parson said.