Must read! US priest who shook hands with more than 500 worshippers infected with Coronavirus

Information reaching us as Checkout Magazine has it that the priest of a prominent of church in Washington DC has tested positive for Coronavirus.

Reverend Timothy Cole of Christ Church Episcopal in Georgetown who remains hospitalized after falling becomes the city’s first coronavirus patient.

Several hundred people have been ordered to self-quarantine after the rector of a prominent church in Washington DC was confirmed as the city’s first coronavirus patient.

City officials are urging all worshippers who visited the church either on 24 February of between 28 February and 3 March self-quarantine themselves for two weeks from the last time they have visited the church.

He was positively diagnosed on Saturday. Reverend Crystal Hardin said that “out of an abundance of caution, Christ Church has cancelled all activities including church services until further notice,” marking the first time the church has been closed since a fire in the 1800s.

In an email to parishioners, Reverend Cole wrote: “First, I want to assure you that I will be OK. I am receiving excellent care and am in good spirits under the circumstances. I will remain quarantined for the next 14 days as will the rest of my family.”

Washington officials say “several hundred people were impacted and had interactions” with Reverend Cole, which may have included giving communion and shaking hands.

People who came into contact with him are at “medium risk” of infection, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines as s “close contact with a person with symptomatic laboratory-confirmed Covid-19” or being seated within six feet with a symptomatic travelers on an airplane and living the in the same household or caring for a person in a non-healthcare setting with a person who also exhibits symptoms.

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