Missouri man breaks coronavirus self-quarantine to attend father-daughter dance.
A Missouri man ignored health officials' directions to self-quarantine when he and his daughter attended a school dance after his other daughter tested positive for coronavirus. The father and daughter were also at a pre-gathering at a student's home.
Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School wrote on Facebook that classes were canceled Monday and the school was weighing its next decision after the father-daughter dance Saturday night. In a separate post, the school canceled classes for the remainder of the week. "Our campus will be given a hospital-grade cleaning," the school wrote. "School buildings will be sanitized and ready for students to return on March 23 after our spring break."
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page said at a livestreamed news conference that the infected woman contacted health officials Thursday after becoming symptomatic. She and her family were instructed to self-quarantine, and Page said officials relied on "common sense and goodwill," assuming the whole family would comply.
The woman was informed of the presumptive positive result Saturday and followed health officials instructions to stay quarantined, Page said. He added she was to be "commended for complying with the health department's instructions."
However, the woman's father and his other daughter attended the school dance Saturday night at the Ritz-Carlton in Clayton. The two left the dance after they learned of the woman's presumptive positive result, the school said in a statement, according to KTVI-TV.
The father has been informed to stay in his home, or a formal quarantine will be issued "that will require him and the rest of his family to stay in their home by the force of law."
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