Stories from Friday, June 19, 2020

The Barry County Health Department is reporting five additional cases of COVID-19, bringing the county’s total number of cases to 33. All five cases are the result of community spread. Three 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 five new cases are now under an isolation order by the Barry County Health Department and will be monitored daily...

The Barry County Health Department has reported an individual who is employed at EFCO manufacturing plant in Monett has tested positive for COVID-19. The case is a result of community spread, and the individual is under an isolation order. Close contacts are being contacted and, as appropriate, ordered to quarantine. All of those identified cases will be monitored daily by the Barry County Health Department...