Coronavirus outbreak linked to Maine church that held a fellowship rally

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Maine health officials are investigating a coronavirus outbreak at a church that held a fellowship rally earlier this month.

The Maine CDC said in a press release on Saturday that the church in Brooks, a town of about 1,100 people 40 miles northeast of August, held a fellowship rally between Oct. 2 and Oct. 4.

Officials advised that anyone who attended the event or spent any time at the church's affiliated school, Lighthouse Christian Academy, should monitor for symptoms of Covid-19, and if they show symptoms contact a doctor. Efforts to reach the state health agency and the church were not immediately successful on Tuesday morning.Statewide, there have been just under 6,000 cases and 146 deaths.after its pastor officiated an indoor wedding that has been labeled as a superspreader event that caused over a hundred infections and at least eight deaths.

 

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