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A Clay County, KY Mother Requests Prayer for Herself & COVID-19 Positive Family Members

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MANCHESTER, KY (May 24, 2020) - Melinda Sizemore posted this message on her social media Sunday morning May 24, 2020 "Prayers needed, my 2 sons, myself, and my aunt have all tested positive for COVID-19."

According to The Manchester Enterprise, she is the mother of the 14-year-old teen the Cumberland Valley District Health Department confirmed as positive Saturday.

The Enterprise also published the following statement from the Cumberland Valley District Health Department:

We report three new confirmed case of COVID-19 in Clay County, bringing the county’s cumulative total of confirmed cases to six.

The individuals, a 43 year old female, 3 year old male, and 68 year old female, are family contacts to the teen whose case was reported yesterday. The families are self-isolating and managing symptoms at home. Clay County Health Department nurses started contact tracing on Saturday. They are working with individuals who came in contact with the positive cases to self-quarantine, get tested, and monitor themselves for symptoms.

 

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