A coronavirus test from a Teton County resident in January identified as the identified in South Africa in late 2020. The resident contracted COVID-19 in Teton County and didn’t have a history of travel. This variant allows COVID-19 is noted to spread more easily from person to person.
Teton County has also found 8 cases virus variant that originated in the United Kingdom.
Teton District Health Officer Travis Riddell, MD, MPH, stated, “We are encouraging community members to continue to test for COVID-19 especially if they are sick. Testing is still our best mechanism to identify people who test positive for COVID-19 and to quickly work to determine their close contracts so that we can reduce the spread of COVID-19 in our community. We are working to vaccinate as many members of our community as possible before more cases of the COVID -19 variants are detected and these variants become more widespread. “
Teton County Health Department is reminding residents to continue to practice all preventive measures of COVID-19 including wearing a dry, double-layer fabric mask over your nose and mouth, maintaining a distance of 6-feet or more from others outside of your household, washing your hands regularly with soap and water, and staying home when sick.
To see more of Teton County Health Department’s COVID-19 guidance and recommendations, testing information, and information on the COVID vaccine distribution please visit, http://www.tetoncountywy.gov/2061/COVID-19.
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