The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit is asking attendees of a speed-boat event to monitor for COVID-19 after exposure at the event. One person related to the Gananoque Poker Run has tested positive.
According to the health unit, people who attended the Poker Run meetings at the Comfort Inn in Gananoque and the Moose McGuire Restaurant in Brockville as well as a dinner at Moroni’s Restaurant in Gananoque, all on Aug. 28, should carefully monitor for symptoms.
Even mild symptoms of fever, cough, shortness of breath, loss of taste and smell, muscle aches and pains and fatigue could be signs of infection.
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If symptoms do develop, the health unit says attendees should self-isolate immediately, contact the health unit and book a COVID-19 test.
The health unit says it is in the early stages of the investigation health officials are hoping the news of the case will help identify the number of cases associated with the exposure in each of the three sites.