Health Officials Warn Of Potential COVID Exposures in Orange, Sullivan Counties

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Allison Dunne

Published October 23, 2020 at 8:16 AM EDT

COVID-19 was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China and has now been detected in 37 locations across the globe, including in the U.S., according to the CDC.

In New York, officials are warning of two separate potential COVID-19 exposures in the Hudson Valley.

The Orange County Health Department is advising people that if they worked at or visited the AT&T store, located at 330 Route 211 East in Middletown, from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Friday, October 16th, Saturday, October 17th or Monday, October 19th, they may have been exposed to COVID-19. And in Sullivan County, health officials says anyone who visited AutoZone Auto Parts at 1985 Route 52 in Liberty, on October 17th or 18th from noon until 9 p.m. may have been exposed to an employee who tested positive and worked on these dates.