Voters offered free coronavirus testing after election poll worker tests positive for virus

It was already planned to have the staff at the Elections Office tested for free.

The voters were included in the testing.

OFFICE ABOUT GETTING ACOVID-19 TEST.

THIS AFTER APOLL WORKER FROM THE PRIMARYELECTION TESTED POSITIVE FORTHE VIRUS.

WPTV NEWSCHANNELFIVE'S TANIA ROGERS SPOKE TO AVOTER WHO SHOWED UP TODAY TOGET TESTED."I DIDN'T DO THE MAIL-INBALLOT WHICH I INTENDED TO DOINITIALLY BUT I DECIDED TO GOIN PERSON." JUDITH MCGRATHSAYS SHE WENT TO VOTE IN-PERSON LAST TUESDAY ATPRECINCT 3032 IN LAKE WORTH.

AWEEK LATER SHE'S AT THESUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OFFIGETTING A COVID 19 TEST.

"ANDTHEN I RECEIVED A PHONE CALLON SATURDAY TELLING ME THATONE OF THE PRECINCT WORKERHAD TESTED POSITIVE FOCOVID." "WE WENT INSIDE THESUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OFFICETO GET SOME ANSWERS." "ATPRECINCT 3032 WHICH IS THESPECIAL OLYMPICS OF PBC, WEDID HAVE ONE OF OUR POLLWORKERS CONTACT US AND LET USKNOW AFTER ELECTION DAY SHEWAS TESTED, AND SHE DID TESTPOSITIVE FOR COVID." THEELECTIONS SUPERVISOR SAYS HEROFFICE CONTACTED THE 49 VOTERSFROM THAT PRECINCT AND OTHERPOLL WORKERS.

SHE ALSO SAIALL PROTOCOLS WERE FOLLOWED ONELECTION DAY.

"DID HAVE HERTEMPERATURE TAKEN IT WAS FINSHE FILLED OUT THE COVIDQUESTIONNAIRE INDICATING SHEHAD NO SYMPTOMS. SHE WORKEDALL DAY DID NOT FEEL SICK ATALL.

AT THE END OF THE EVENINGNOTICED SHE HAD A COUGH COMINGON." MONDAY MORNING THE STAFFAND VOTERS WERE TESTED FCOVID-19 FOR FREE.

"WE DIDALSO CONFIRM THIS POLL WORKERWORE A MASK AND GLOVES THEENTIRE DAY.

AND OF COURSE OURVOTERS WERE ALSO WEARING AMASK AND WE HAD SOCIALDISTANCING.

SO WE ARE TOLD THERISK TO THE VOTERS IS VERYVERY, VERY SMALL BUT HAVINGSAID THAT, WE WANTED TO MASURE THAT WE WERE BEINGTRANSPARENT." "I WAS SURPRISEDBUT ALSO PLEASED THAT THEY DIDCONTACT ME AND LET ME KNOW."TEST RESULTS SHOULD BEAVAILABLE WITHIN THE NEXT FEWDAYS.

TANIA ROGERS, WPTV,NEWSCHANNEL FIVE.ITSTUDENTS IN SAINT LUCIE COUNTY