Four new cases of COVID-19 brings total to 28
June 18, 2020
Posted by Sheila Harris
The Barry County Health Department is reporting four additional cases of COVID-19, bringing our total number of
cases to twenty-eight. All four cases are the result of community spread; two of the new cases had been in
quarantine due to being a close contact of a previous positive case. The other two cases are unrelated to earlier
cases. All four new cases are now under an isolation order by the Barry County Health Department and will be
monitored daily.
Barry County Officials remind citizens the best precautions to avoid COVID-19 are: continued physical distancing of
at least 6 feet, wearing cloth face-coverings when within 6 feet of persons not residing in your home, frequently washing
hands and cleaning surfaces. All residents must take responsibility to do their part in slowing the spread of COVID-
19 in our communities.
Symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, cough, shortness of breath or at least two of the following: fever, chills,
repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, or new loss of taste or smell. Symptoms may
begin two days to two weeks after exposure. Your physician can order testing or you can call the Barry County
Health Department at 417-847-2114 to discuss testing.
State of Missouri and Barry County Phase 2 Reopening began June 16 and remains in effect until June 30, 2020.
Those rules include recommendations to maintain physical distancing, required source-control masking in certain
circumstances, and enhanced hygiene practices. Persons at a higher risk of serious illness from COVID-19, including
those greater 65 years of age, who are immuno-compromised or have chronic medical conditions, should limit
travel and wear a cloth face-covering in public. (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extraprecautions/
groups-at-higher-risk.html)
Posted by Sheila Harris
The Barry County Health Department is reporting four additional cases of COVID-19, bringing our total number of
cases to twenty-eight. All four cases are the result of community spread; two of the new cases had been in
quarantine due to being a close contact of a previous positive case. The other two cases are unrelated to earlier
cases. All four new cases are now under an isolation order by the Barry County Health Department and will be
monitored daily.
Barry County Officials remind citizens the best precautions to avoid COVID-19 are: continued physical distancing of
at least 6 feet, wearing cloth face-coverings when within 6 feet of persons not residing in your home, frequently washing
hands and cleaning surfaces. All residents must take responsibility to do their part in slowing the spread of COVID-
19 in our communities.
Symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, cough, shortness of breath or at least two of the following: fever, chills,
repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, or new loss of taste or smell. Symptoms may
begin two days to two weeks after exposure. Your physician can order testing or you can call the Barry County
Health Department at 417-847-2114 to discuss testing.
State of Missouri and Barry County Phase 2 Reopening began June 16 and remains in effect until June 30, 2020.
Those rules include recommendations to maintain physical distancing, required source-control masking in certain
circumstances, and enhanced hygiene practices. Persons at a higher risk of serious illness from COVID-19, including
those greater 65 years of age, who are immuno-compromised or have chronic medical conditions, should limit
travel and wear a cloth face-covering in public. (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extraprecautions/
groups-at-higher-risk.html)
