Monett Cricket employee tests positive for COVID-19
,July 3, 2020
Posted by Sheila Harris
The Barry County Health Department is announcing that a person employed at Cricket Wireless in Monett has
tested positive for COVID-19. The case is a result of community spread and the individual has been ordered to
remain in isolation. Close contacts are being notified and, as appropriate, ordered to quarantine.
Roger Brock, Administrator of the Barry County Health Department, commented, “out of an abundance of caution
we are notifying the public that the COVID-19 positive individual worked in the store on the following dates and
times.”
• Cricket Wireless – Monett – June 21, 2020, 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
• Cricket Wireless – Monett – June 25, 2020, 10:45 a.m. until 6:15 p.m.
Customers do not need to self-quarantine unless symptoms develop. Anyone who develops symptoms should
call their primary care provider or the Barry County Health Department at 417-847-2114.
Administrator Brock would like to remind all residents, “We are experiencing an outbreak of COVID-19 affecting
persons of all ages in our community and you must protect yourself and your family when you are in public by
wearing a face-covering, maintaining physical distancing, and frequently washing your hands and high contact
surfaces.”
Symptoms of COVID-19 can appear 2 to 14 days after exposure and include fever or chills, cough, shortness of
breath, fatigue, fever, muscle or body aches, headache, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting,
diarrhea, or a new loss of taste or smell. If you believe, you have symptoms of COVID-19 stay home call your
medical provider, and wear a mask when near anyone who does not live in the same home.
Barry County Phase 2 Mitigation Rules began June 26 and remains in effect until July 15, 2020. Those rules include
required source-control masking of service providers, recommendations to maintain physical distancing and
enhanced hygiene practices. Persons at a higher risk of serious illness from COVID-19, including those greater 65
years of age, those who are immuno-compromised, or who have chronic medical conditions, should limit travel and wear a
cloth face-covering in public. (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/groups-athigher-
risk.html)
Posted by Sheila Harris
The Barry County Health Department is announcing that a person employed at Cricket Wireless in Monett has
tested positive for COVID-19. The case is a result of community spread and the individual has been ordered to
remain in isolation. Close contacts are being notified and, as appropriate, ordered to quarantine.
Roger Brock, Administrator of the Barry County Health Department, commented, “out of an abundance of caution
we are notifying the public that the COVID-19 positive individual worked in the store on the following dates and
times.”
• Cricket Wireless – Monett – June 21, 2020, 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
• Cricket Wireless – Monett – June 25, 2020, 10:45 a.m. until 6:15 p.m.
Customers do not need to self-quarantine unless symptoms develop. Anyone who develops symptoms should
call their primary care provider or the Barry County Health Department at 417-847-2114.
Administrator Brock would like to remind all residents, “We are experiencing an outbreak of COVID-19 affecting
persons of all ages in our community and you must protect yourself and your family when you are in public by
wearing a face-covering, maintaining physical distancing, and frequently washing your hands and high contact
surfaces.”
Symptoms of COVID-19 can appear 2 to 14 days after exposure and include fever or chills, cough, shortness of
breath, fatigue, fever, muscle or body aches, headache, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting,
diarrhea, or a new loss of taste or smell. If you believe, you have symptoms of COVID-19 stay home call your
medical provider, and wear a mask when near anyone who does not live in the same home.
Barry County Phase 2 Mitigation Rules began June 26 and remains in effect until July 15, 2020. Those rules include
required source-control masking of service providers, recommendations to maintain physical distancing and
enhanced hygiene practices. Persons at a higher risk of serious illness from COVID-19, including those greater 65
years of age, those who are immuno-compromised, or who have chronic medical conditions, should limit travel and wear a
cloth face-covering in public. (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/groups-athigher-
risk.html)
