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Two Missouri hair stylists who had coronavirus saw 140 clients but none were infected
Of the 140 clients and seven potentially exposed work colleagues, 46 took the test which returned negative. All others were quarantined during the coronavirus incubation period. The incubation period of 14 days has now passed without any new infections related to salons, said regional health officials.
During quarantine, those who were not tested were received twice daily calls from health officials asking if they had symptoms related to Covid-19, said Kathryn Wall, a spokesman for the Springfield-Green County Health Department.
District health officials called the results encouraging, and said they were looking in the case for insights on how to stop the spread and assist future research efforts.
“This is interesting news about the value of masks to prevent Covid-19,” said Clay Goddard, district health director. “We are studying more closely the details of this exposure, including what kind of face coverings are worn and what precautions are taken to lead to these encouraging results.”
One hairdresser has worked with 56 clients in the salon while the second saw 84 customers and seven coworkers. They went to the salon for about eight days which ended on May 20.
The salon keeps perfect records that allow contact tracing, Goddard said. But he warned about the risk of abundant resources in such incidents.
“We cannot have more than this,” he said last month. “We cannot make this a habit or our ability as a community will be strained.”
In a statement, Great Klip said it welcomed the results.
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