A Rhode Island bachelorette party was the source of a Mass. COVID-19 cluster
Out of 20 guests, 19 contracted the coronavirus, officials said.
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A bachelorette party held in Rhode Island last month, whose attendees were, by large majority, from Massachusetts, has been determined to be the driving force behind a cluster of COVID-19 cases in the region, public health officials say.
Of the group of 20, 19 party guests — including 17 Massachusetts residents — contracted the coronavirus, officials told The Boston Globe.
“Massachusetts managed the investigation and contact tracing for the Massachusetts residents,” Joseph Wendelken, a spokesman for the R.I. Department of Health, told the newspaper. “However, we coordinate on cross-border situations like this.”
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health, earlier this month, “learned of a cluster of 19 cases of COVID-19 among a group of individuals who rented a house together in Rhode Island for a wedding event that took place in late July,” an official told the Globe.
Close contacts of the guests were identified and notified of the situation, the official said.
It is not clear where the party took place in Rhode Island.
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