Positive COVID-19, Two Barbers In US Pass 140 Customers

Hair Barber (Photo: Pixabay)

JAKARTA - Two hairdressers or barbers in Springfield, Missouri, United States have tested positive for the corona virus. Reportedly, these two people have transmitted the virus to more than 140 people in a short time.

On Friday and Saturday, May 22 and 23, the Department of Health in Springfield-Greene announced an increase in cases due to this spread. Businesses in Missouri have indeed reopened, allowing for a rapid transmission to occur.

“We can't have more cases than this. We can't make this a habit or our capabilities as a community will be slack, "said Clay Goddard, director of the Springfield-Greene Department of Health.

According to the explanation of Buzzfeed News, the salon that was opened set a rule, namely the use of masks to servants and customers that can minimize the spread. Currently, the salon has closed its business again to prevent the infection from reoccurring.

A Great Clips salon representative stated, "Great Clips customers and stylists at the salon are top priority and proper sterilization has always been industry practice for Great Clips salons."

Initially, the health department announced the first case on Friday, May 22, that the hairdresser passed on the virus to 7 workers and 84 customers. The second case announced Saturday, May 23 declared the virus infected to 56 clients at the salon.

Tracing the hairdresser's journey, this person visited a Walmart supermarket, Dairy Queen ice cream stand and a gym. 147 people caught the virus from the salon where he worked alone.

Not only this, most recently, a video shows a crowd gathering at a pool party in Missouri. This triggered a negative reaction from netizens due to the lack of concern for the Missouri community about the pandemic.

This video is on Snapchat in the Lake of the Ozarks? Unreal. What are we doing? pic.twitter.com/m0qsEQ4KLp

- Max Baker (maxbaker_15) May 24, 2020

Missouri, which is located in the United States, has 12 thousand total cases of COVID-19 with 650 deaths. The government is still pressuring people who have no interest to avoid going out of the house.