The Madison County Health Department announced Wednesday that an individual working at Point Place Casino, 450 NY-31, Bridgeport, tested positive for COVID-19. Members of the public who visited the Point Place Casino between 6 p.m. June 11 through 2 a.m. June 12 and 6 p.m. June 12 through 2 a.m. June 13 should self-monitor for symptoms.
“Madison County is working closely with the Oneida Indian Nation during this time,” said Madison County Public Health Director Eric Faisst. “It has been determined that per protocol, the individual was wearing a face covering while they were working. Anyone who visited the casino during the identified timeframe should monitor themselves for symptoms of COVID-19 until June 26, 2020. Those symptoms include fever, cough, chills, muscle pain, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell, and/or difficulty breathing. If symptoms develop, please stay home and contact your doctor for guidance on testing. In an emergency please call 911.”
“A dealer at Point Place Casino followed the detailed Oneida Indian Nation health protocols by staying home from work and immediately reporting a family member had tested positive for COVID-19,” said Point Place Casino General Manager Jerry Marrello.
“After testing positive herself, she was placed on sick leave and will not return until recovering fully and testing negative for at least two weeks, as certified by a note from her physician. The employee’s last day of work was on Friday, June 12, where she was asymptomatic and, like all employees was temperature-screened upon arrival and wore a face covering during her entire shift.
“As outlined in our internal operating procedures for responding to confirmed cases of COVID-19, we immediately notified Madison County officials and implemented a series of steps related to contact tracing. We are unaware of any other instances of anyone coming into contact with or contracting the virus at Point Place Casino.”
Faisst would like to remind the public that people should wear a face covering when out in public, especially when unable to maintain social distancing. These guidelines are to help stop the spread of COVID-19 in our community.
For more information, visit madisoncounty.ny.gov/2479/Coronavirus-COVID-19.