Health Department Announces Potential COVID-19 Exposures at Baylor School Graduation

The Hamilton County Health Department is notifying the community about a potential COVID-19 exposure that occurred at the Baylor School graduation, Saturday, July 18.

The case investigation revealed that a positive person was in attendance while in their infectious period. It is recommended that anyone who attended this event be tested and monitor their symptoms. For a link to COVID-19 symptoms, visit CDC.

“If you are experiencing any symptoms at this time, please stay home, even if you are not certain of whether you are positive for coronavirus,” said Health Department Administrator Becky Barnes, “Going out for any reason while symptomatic puts others at risk.”

Free Health Department testingis available this week:

Tuesday – Friday, July 21-24, Brainerd High School, 1020 N Moore Rd, Chattanooga, TN 37411, from 7AM-2PM.
Saturday, July 25, Brainerd High School, from 7AM-11AM, and New Hope Baptist Church, 3777 Wilcox Blvd, Chattanooga, TN 37411, from 10AM-1PM.
Sunday, July 26, Brainerd High School, from 7AM-11AM, and New Hope Baptist Church, from 12PM-3PM.

For more information, please call the Health Department’s COVID-19 hotline at (423) 209-8383. The hotline will be open Monday-Friday 8AM-4PM and Saturday 10AM-3PM. Do not call the Baylor School for information related to COVID-19 exposures.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

About Dick Cook

About Contributed Article